T&C, or the West Indies depending. There have been numerous studies and commissions on the question. POD 1965.
We get to spend our own money in our own slice of paradise.
T&C, or the West Indies depending. There have been numerous studies and commissions on the question. POD 1965.
Too bad you want a 1965 POD - move it up a few years (say between 1958 and 1961), and you'd have the entire West Indies Federation become a province (and then some) of Canada. Apart from that, the remaining "Little Eight" could work (plus the Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos), but only if the Government of the day was serious enough about it (and with the consultation of the people there themselves), and at least between 1960 and 1962. After 1962, it's ASB.
I couldn’t see the West Indies Federation getting Provincial status due to racial attitudes of the time (especially in Western Canada).
Too bad you want a 1965 POD - move it up a few years (say between 1958 and 1961), and you'd have the entire West Indies Federation become a province (and then some) of Canada. Apart from that, the remaining "Little Eight" could work (plus the Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos), but only if the Government of the day was serious enough about it (and with the consultation of the people there themselves), and at least between 1960 and 1962. After 1962, it's ASB.
Wasn't there some kind of referendum in the 80's?
Now, as far as political concerns go, I don't think that's a really big deal. One should remember that the population of the WIF was just a hair over 3 million, as opposed to Canada's 18 million at the time, so Canada would still dominate the Federation. I cannot see it being one province, either - part of the reason the Federation collapsed was because Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago dominated it completely. I think you'd end up with a West Indies territory and the provinces of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.
OK, assuming you've got that done, you'd have to have Canada be able to protect and work with those islands, which would mean major changes to the setup and systems of the Canadian Forces, and a major growth in the Maritime Command, for a bunch of reasons. This probably means that Bonaventure stays in the fleet, just for her patrol aircraft, and the Maritime Command and/or Canadian Coast Guard would have to buy up a bunch of new vessels to keep an eye on what was going on in a large portion of the Caribbean, because that is now their waters.
With Canada's wealth a substantial migration of Jamaicans and Trinidadians is inevitable, but by 1970 I don't think this would be much of an issue either. And yes, Canadian (and probably American, too) tourists would almost certainly flood the places, resulting in a major tourist industry and a massive rise in the standard of living of the islands.