Talk:Canada–Caribbean relations

This is temporary shortlist of some points that can be included.


 * Bermuda http://www.bermuda-online.org/canada.htm; John Henry Lefroy
 * Halifax and Bermudas Telegraph Company
 * Dominican Republic
 * Cuba


 * Commonwealth Caribbean
 * West Indies Federation
 * Alexander Graham Bell and telephone rollout in the British West Indies
 * Canadian Investments: RBC, Scotia, CIBC's(FirstCaribbean International Bank)
 * During WWII Canada becomes the largest exporter to the Commonwealth Caribean following the UK's merchant ships being cut-off to/from the Caribbean
 * Overview of Canadian-Caribbean voting history on global issues
 * West Indian Emigration
 * Prominent West Indians in/or living in Canada (David Rudder, Austin Clarke, etc.)
 * Caribbean Musicians taken Int'l via Canadian media companies.
 * Rihianna - Pun de Replay
 * Rupee - 1 On 1, Tempted To Touch
 * Anslem Douglas -- Who Let the Dogs Out? (pre-BahaMen version)
 * Caribbean-born politicians in Canadian politics.
 * Initative by the Canadian Gov't in 1960's -- Air Canada (was to buyout BWIA, LIAT and Air Jamaica form them as subsidary with Caribbean govt's then holding a stake in Air Canada instead.)
 * Early proposals to merge West Indies Federation with Canadian Confederation in 1950-1960's.Some listed here
 * CPEC
 * CARIBCAN
 * The Canada-British West Indies-Bermuda-British Guiana(Guyana)-British Honduras(Belize) Trade Agreement (of 1925)


 * Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery - Start-up sponsorship was by the CIDA
 * CARTAC - 50% sponsored by the CIDA
 * Commonwealth Caribbean inks a deal with Canada, to bypass problems with US visas for Chinese tourists..
 * Canadian Company creates most of the new regional passports for the Caribbean Single Market and Economy
 * Barbados
 * The first P.M. of B'dos - Errol Barrow and his run-ins with US, over Washington's occasional mistreatment of Canada.
 * Eugene Melnyk's investments (Horseracing, The "Sandy Lane Cup") RoadHockey, Berts Bar etc.)
 * Barbados' long-time relaxed immigration policy towards Canadians
 * Canadian owners of the Crane Beach Hotel
 * Growth of the town of Holetown first spurred by Canadians
 * Government appoints Canadian to run the airport GAIA
 * Canadian Co. wins contract for expansion of the Barbados airport
 * The Barbados Daily Nation Newspaper launches a Canadian version in 2005.
 * Two Canadian companies form partnership with B'dos Gov't to develop ethanol from sugar cane
 * McGill University establishes a campus on island - Bellairs Research Institute, Also Project HARP.
 * Recent University of Prince Edward Island to sign a MOU with the University of the West Indies 2/23/06
 * The history of the Canadian Mint in printing Barbados currency
 * Bank of Canada's governor David Dodge hosts key seminar giving Barbados a word of caution on dollar policies.
 * June classified as "Canada Month" in Barbados.
 * Belize
 * Fortis Inc. builds dam to prevent energy crisis in Belize.(Fortis owns the Cayman Islands Power. Co too.)
 * Guyana
 * Canadian Cos. Golden Star Resources, Cambior etc. are backbone of the gold mining industry of Guyana
 * CGX Energy Inc. attempting to launch oil joint-venture with Guyana gov't.
 * The first governor of British Columbia - James Douglas was born in Guyana
 * RBC establishes a Biodiversity Centre in Guyana to spur research of the large South American rain forests.
 * Jamaica
 * Michael Lee Chin's Investments (in Canada, in Jamaica, and in Trinidad and Tobago)
 * ALCAN Company - The initial birth of the Bauxite industry in Jamaica
 * Montserrat
 * The huge amount of Canadian Investment in the 1960's-1970's
 * Saint Kitts and Nevis
 * Saint Kitts and Nevis delegation visits Canada for mediation/feedback about the future of the SK/N Federation.
 * Canadian Company. NaturalSweet revives sugar industry in St. Kitts after collapse by growing Stevia in area known as 'Canada Hill'.
 * Canadian investment into the Saint Kitts and Nevis Marriott Hotel
 * Saint Lucia
 * Canadian troops stationed in Saint Lucia during WWI to prevent an attack by German Navy
 * The resurgence of the French-speaking indentity of Saint Lucia after being under British for many years. (Modeled by Canadian Anglo-Franco bilingual policy)
 * Trinidad and Tobago
 * As the Seventh largest Latin American trading partner with Canada.
 * The Cable Company of Trinidad and Tobago (C.C.T.T.)'s Founding by a Canadian -- Phil Cleary
 * Execs. of the new cable company are now mostly former execs. of Persona Cable (of Canada).
 * PetroChemical Industry
 * PetroCanada
 * Talisman
 * Canadian Superior
 * The proposed oil/LNG undersea pipelines from Venezuela or Trinidad and Tobago to Guadeloupe and Guadeloupe possibly on to Miami. Proposed-- involvement by Canadian Superior.
 * The regional bank behemoth the Royal Bank of T&T(RBTT) first created by the Royal Bank of Canada(Trinidad and Tobago) Ltd. Later after becoming a spin off company.
 * The First Nations delegaton from Canada holding celebrations with the decendents of indigenous tribes still in Trinidad and Tobago
 * Turks and Caicos
 * 1/3 of business in the TC's are Canadian owned.
 * COMMENTARY: Canada and CARICOM - A relationship for good - Monday, May 29, 2006
 * Atlantic Canadian business revives Caribbean connection, with modern twists

Self-reference
Thank you for starting this article. However, please avoid placing notes about the article itself (such as "to be completed") in the text of the article. See WP:SELF for details. Thanks. –Sommers (Talk) 23:00, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Ok.

Other points
Luigizanasi 00:24, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Triangle trade in colonial period (rum/sugar, fish & manufactured products)
 * Relations with Haiti
 * It was the Saint-Domingue France decided to keep instead of Canada in 1763.
 * As prominent West Indians, don't forget the GG (Michaelle Jean)

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