The difference is, are we talking about a geographical or political separation? US territories have representation, but it's non-voting. There was something I read ages ago that stated we were doing all this to separate into 'geographic regions' for ICANN. I never saw anything about 'political regions'. Also, what about Wake Island, Midway, Saipan, US Minor outlaying islands, etc.? Guam is an excellent example. Side note: When my group was applying for ALS, we had deep discussions on whether Hawaii should be in Asia-Pacific or North America. Of course, Hawaii is a state of the US, however geographically it is in Asia-Pacific. Much like (Western)Samoa and American Samoa - Two different nations represented politically, but geographically only a few miles away from each other in the south pacific, nowhere near North America. -Randy Glass A@L On 4/23/07, Thompson, Darlene <DThompson@gov.nu.ca> wrote:
Ah. Definitely different from Canadian territories then. We have the same federal voting process as the rest of Canada and receive transfer payments from the federal government just the same as any province (although the formula is different). You should view Canadian territories as being pretty much the same as the provinces. There are differences but they are interior and protracted. Still not sure about Bob, though!
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American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Virgin Islands, U.S.
(These all have approximately the same relationship to the rest of the US that Nunavut, Yukon, or Bob have to the rest of Canada.)
Not quite, unless American Samoa, Guam, USVI etc. are now sending members of Congress and senators to Washington.
They send delegates to the US House. For anyone who wants more details, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegate_(United_States_Congress<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegate_%28United_States_Congress> )
R's, John
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