Rememberance Day: How The West Indies Almost Became Canadian

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/11/11/o...diversity/

Quote:Ottawa was unsuccessful in securing the British Caribbean partly because the request did not find unanimous domestic support. Prime Minister Borden was of two minds on the issue. From London he dispatched a cable noting, “the responsibilities of governing subject races would probably exercise a broadening influence upon our people as the dominion thus constituted would closely resemble in its problems and its duties the empire as a whole.” But, on the other hand, Borden feared that the Caribbean’s black population might want to vote. He remarked upon “the difficulty of dealing with the coloured population, who would probably be more restless under Canadian law than under British control and would desire and perhaps insist upon representation in Parliament.”

That is surprising !

We already had prior experience with the Underground railroad.

and runaway slaves

WHAT IS SOOPRISING...Borden's fears ::confused:: ::confused:: ::confused::

why ::confused:: ::confused::

that was not his fear but his racism

faering they would want more from Canada as opposed to Britain ?

that is a FEAR unfounded because the Caribbean did NOT know

HOW to negotiate  :-[

The right to Vote was NOT given to Women until recently !

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faering they would want more from Canada as opposed to Britain ?

that is a FEAR [size=1em]unfounded[/size] because the Caribbean did NOT know

HOW to negotiate  :-[
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cud be the reporter/author.  maybe the representation of the situation is wrong and the historian is an impse

Quote:maybe the representation of the situation is wrong and the historian is an impse

sounds more like the creator of this thread!  ::LOL:: ::LOL::

Wish Canada had taken the Caribbean  :-*

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Wish Canada had taken the Caribbean  :-*
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you really fraid the challenge eh!

I am glad it did not happen.  you really want to be dealing with white people like Harper and the conservatives as regular everyday routine citizens, on the streets, in business, in the markets, at a parties....... ::confused::  there are a whle lot of people like that you know.  far from all Canadians are truly liberal

OH mi Gord!  pheeeeeeeeeeew.  man I know those people.  if those people got loose in the west indies with power there would be no place to hide!  the nationalist barrier replete with passports, airports, customs etc is very good protection let me tell you.  and please accept responsibility for your own place and make something of it

all now I could be in the Islands without a passport requirement !

6 hours to Calgary (includes time difference)

only driver licence to show  8)