And the socialist passed the idea on to a conservative Dan MacKenzie from Winnipeg (who also thought that Apartheid was a good idea)

Canada and the Turks & Caicos Islands
http://www.parl.gc.ca/infoparl/English/11n2_88_e.htm
Ian A. Stuart

Canadian Parliamentary Review vol 11 no. 2 1988

At the time this article was written Ian A. Stuart was Vice- President of the Turks & Caicos Development Organization of Canada.

Few Canadian parliamentarians remain unaware of the much-discussed issue of Canada forming some type of Association with the Turks & Caicos Islands, a British Crown Colony immediately south of the Bahamas, composed of some 40 islands and cays. On March 3, 1988, the people of the Islands went to the polls and gave an overwhelming majority to a new Government. The People's Democratic Movement (PDM) under the Honourable Oswald O. Skippings, former Leader of the Opposition, won 11 of the 13 voting districts, sweeping all the Islands except South Caicos, a traditional stronghold of the Progressive National Party (PNP) who formed the previous Government. The new Government, under Mr. Skippings, stated that one of its first priorities will be a close examination of the relationship between Canada and the Turks & Caicos Islands, and, provided Britain agrees, within the next few months, major steps towards forming some type of Association between the two countries is a very real possibility. In the meantime, Canadians continue flowing into the Islands in record numbers, buying property, building retirement homes, establishing businesses and making investments. The economy of the Turks & Caicos clearly is benefitting even from the idea of the proposed partnership.



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