Or conversly maybe it could go the other way and become a nice friendly,English speaking low tax haven for American corporations.
That role is already reserved to the Cayman Islands. Too much competition.
Or conversly maybe it could go the other way and become a nice friendly,English speaking low tax haven for American corporations.
I'd imagine it'd be like a far flung Ireland only more friendly and accepting of its place as U.K jnr (as Ireland was up until a few decades back).
Iceland is the best country to compare it to I guess.
Or conversly maybe it could go the other way and become a nice friendly,English speaking low tax haven for American corporations.
That role is already reserved to the Cayman Islands. Too much competition.![]()
Was that around in the 40s?
Yes - as a dependency of Jamaica.
Well yeah, of course it was there.
As a tax haven I mean.
And no, it would not lead to a more active separatist movement in Québec, especially if the UN somehow manages to retain power through at least the 1950s and 1960s.
Joining the USA at that point wasn't on offer, as the Wiki article points out. Nor would it have been.
Since they were flat broke and the UK refused to subsidize them any longer, they had really poor options.
I think they might have gone back to being (an incredibly poor) Dominion, and after a few years of that, they would likely have tried to join somebody. (anybody?)
There certainly was a lot of anti-Canadian sentiment, and I could see either Canada or Newfoundland refusing to allow the annexation, which would probably leave Newfoundland as that very poor Dominion, above. If they end up feeling betrayed by Britain, they might eventually go for the US, I suppose, a decade later.
OTOH, I really doubt that the US would take them in as a state at once, and I doubt Newfoundland would want to be a territory.
Why was the option of becoming an integral part of the United Kingdom not considered?
What would happen to the Canadian humor tradition of Newfie jokes, one of the most important parts of Canadian culture?![]()
Neither side were calling for it.Well,that does answer some questions. Why was the offer of being admitted to the USA not offered? Because of what you said? Or because of another reason,like not wanting a British colony to be taken by the USA?