# Poll: Should Canada annex the Turks and Caicos Islands? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 17, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959 "2009-11-17T22:19:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/21 "2009-11-18T21:36:23Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > I think long before we go letting another province or territory into Canada, we should maybe think about settling with the First Nations peoples. They’ve been waiting for a cheque and a fair treaty for a few hundred year already… > > I don’t think I’ve ever in my life met someone who came from the Turks and Caicos. What do they think about joining Canada? I was going to post about the issue of First Nations in Canada, but I suspect it would create a horrible hijack. If you’d like to start the thread, perhaps we could discuss it. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/22 "2009-11-18T21:37:23Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > It is a warm money hole. That’s what SHE said! ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/23 "2009-11-18T23:03:31Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > It is a warm money hole. A warm hole that requires money. 😉 > [@elbows](#): > > ``` > I'm totally for this idea. > > ``` > > Canadians would flock to a tropical location that didn’t involve a money exchange, had healthcare coverage, no passport requirement. The T & C’s would thrive, I think. We could all take up surfing! Make sure the health coverage is already in place…I’m predicting a big increase in skin cancer among Canadians. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/24 "2009-11-19T00:18:00Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > It is a warm money hole. It is a warm, _moist_ money hole… … … …now my thoughts are, once again, both confusing and arousing. Thanks, Internet! ---
**Author:** ![T.Slothrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@T.Slothrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Slothrop)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/25 "2009-11-19T05:08:24Z")
American here. I voted yes. I think Canada should take over the Turks and caicos islands because the more like imperialist aggressors _they_ appear, the more like normal norteamericanos _we_ appear. Also, it would give us a good excuse for going to war with them again. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/26 "2009-11-19T10:02:48Z")
Canadian here - voted no. While there have been some murmurings from both Canada and the islands about this it’s basically a bad idea.There’s no way the Canadian government wants to patrol a territorial boundary inches away from Haiti and Jamaica - stupid rumblings of a deep water port and western hemisphere security aside. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/27 "2009-11-19T18:14:30Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > I think long before we go letting another province or territory into Canada, we should maybe think about settling with the First Nations peoples. They’ve been waiting for a cheque and a fair treaty for a few hundred year already… How would they feel about relocating to a sunny destination? Hey, at least they’d have clean water. ---
**Author:** ![abbsey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@abbsey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abbsey)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/28 "2009-11-19T20:45:46Z")
Canadian - Yes Our National Banks already have a significant presence there, why not “annex” the country so we can Tax 'em there too! ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/29 "2009-11-19T21:00:59Z")
You Canuuks can have those islands so long as you take Detroit. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/30 "2009-11-19T23:17:25Z")
I know it’s a silly idea, but I like it anyway. I’m sure there would initially be a lot of money spent setting up our social services and health systems down there, but it could be an awesome tourist destination, both for Canadians and those who’d like to travel to an island where everyone is fed and clothed and there’s a stable government. And I could live in the Caribbean and still be in Canada! ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/31 "2009-11-20T01:37:29Z")
If they had Canadian style medicare, I could move there for the winter. Ah joy. As it is I would move back to the US, if they had Canadian style medicare. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/32 "2009-11-20T02:52:03Z")
> [@BlinkingDuck](#): > > You Canuuks can have those islands so long as you take Detroit. We _had_ Detroit. You guys made us [give it up](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Treaty). So now you’re stuck with it. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/33 "2009-11-20T03:26:48Z")
Heh. Dudley Dooright in Speedos. I voted yes. I like visiting Caribbean islands with stable governments. ---
**Author:** ![Rumor\_Watkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/34 "2009-11-20T03:56:22Z")
big yes, but only if they insist on some mechanism to ensure private ownership of all beachland on the island. no need for it to become some whorehouse Caribbean paradise for only the wealthy in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/35 "2009-11-20T14:48:22Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > We _had_ Detroit. You guys made us [give it up](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Treaty). So now you’re stuck with it. That was a mistake. We were young and foolish. Surely you can forgive us and take it back…for the southern, nice warm islands? We would support you…but we have to get something out of the deal 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/36 "2009-11-20T22:57:16Z")
Put Alaska on the table and we’ll talk. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/37 "2009-11-22T19:04:53Z")
I just realized if Canada annexed the Turks and Caicos (either as a province or a territory) then all Canadian federal laws would apply to the islands, right? Including the [Civil Marriage Act](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Marriage_Act)? Just imagine a warm, tropical, destination where North American gays and lesbians can elope to for a destination wedding/honeymoon. 🆒 It would be the only place in the entire hemisphere to offer that. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/38 "2009-11-22T21:07:54Z")
I’m still trying to figure out what’s in it for me as a Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/39 "2009-11-22T21:29:07Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I’m still trying to figure out what’s in it for me as a Canadian. Winter vacations that you don’t need to get foreign currency, extra healthcare insurance, or to go through customs for (if the annexation went through as I imagine it). ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959/40 "2009-11-23T16:25:49Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Put Alaska on the table and we’ll talk. 🙂 Would that include Sarah Palin? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-canada-annex-the-turks-and-caicos-islands/517959.md?page=3)