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A SENIORS NEED A TROPICAL PROVINCE
by Jack M. Peaker

A sandy beach in the shade of a palm tree sipping a Cuba Libra, it's February. "Not in Canada" you say.

Our Minister of Foreign Affairs recently received an e-mail indicating that if he wished to win the upcoming leadership contest and at the same time become a Father of Confederation he should help solve Canada's major problem. It went on to say that many, many billions of dollars are leaving Canada and are spent on citrus fruits, vegetables in winter, bananas, sugar, etc., and many more BILLIONS of Canadian dollars are spent when Canadians go to warmer climates in the winter months. The message stated that Fidel might be willing to negotiate with Canada.

An article in the Globe & Mail was headed "My Canada includes Havana". It went on to humourously list the writer's reasons why Cuba should become Canada's 11th province.

SP0RTS - We instantly acquire a winning baseball team at much less cost than those Blue Jays --plus win future summer Olympics.

LANGUAGE - Spanish becomes Canada's third official language and French-English tensions are reduced.

HOLIDAYS - June 14 is the birthday of Cuban hero Che Guevara and goodness knows we need a long week-end in June.

CANADIAN $'s - Fidel saves face and we gain a vacationland to call our own. Imagine all those snowbirds wintering in the province of Cuba instead of Florida which is 79% smaller than Cuba. Think of the tourist dollars being siphoned straight back into the Canadian economy.

HEALTH INSURANCE - As seniors get more and more senior, out of country insurance gets more and more costly and more difficult to get. 10 TIMES the population in U.S. than Canada. WHY, because of heavily populated warmer states.

THAT WARM SANDY BEACH--- IN CANADA ----IN FEBRUARY-WHY NOT??.

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Written by Jack M. Peaker, a member of the Evergreen Writer's Club in Guelph, Ontario.


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