Talk:Proposed Canadian political association with the Turks and Caicos Islands

Revised lead
I have been bold and revised the lead section. In general, the previous wording suggested stronger likelihood of annexation than reflected by reality. For example, it had said that the debate was ongoing while it is, at best, dormant. That's actually being charitable as it is more accurate to say that any previous proposal has been put to rest, even if not outright rejected, though I have no doubt that we are likely to see more private member bills introduced (and likely not voted on) some decades into the future.

It also cited a poll that is at best more than a decade old (the provided link didn't actually have polling data) showing majority support by Islanders, while the political reality has undergone significant change since that time. It was also putting the cart before the horse - the reason there is no concensus on how annexation would happen is that there is no concensus that annexation should happen. Oh, and it also said that the Islands were invited to join Canada (by Nova Scotia) which is not at all what its motion said.

If you've read this far then you've likely sumised my position on annexation - it is an unrealistic and usually non-serious "debate". That said, I won't deny that the idea does occasionally rear its head. I've done my best to keep my biases out of my edit but if anyone disagrees with my wording I would be happy to take your views into consideration.

142.114.244.13 (talk) 19:19, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

I think it should be 'proposed political association'. Because 'Annexation' is unlikely due to the issue of opening up the Canadian Constitution, but it may open up 'territorial' or some other form(s) besides 'annexation'. Or might even be a form of 'free association' like the Republic of the Marshall Islands are with the United States of America. CaribDigita (talk) 01:31, 12 March 2023 (UTC)