And so as the last 33 days of 2016 lie before us, what will the final count of Canadians choosing Cuba as a vacation destination be...1.2 million?  It's my understanding that in the short term the figure is expected to grow and one of the "appeals" beyond the "cheap all inclusivity" seems to be Fidel Castro's Havana stuck in a time warp of automotive and architectural decay, soon to be lost to renewed American "investment"!

President Obama's condolences in part read "We know that this moment fills Cubans - in Cuba and in the United States - with powerful emotions, recalling the countless ways in which Fidel Castro altered the course of individual lives, families, and of the Cuban nation."

So let's spank Justin Trudeau for not having to gloss over Canadians dancing in the streets...hands up G&M editorial staff, the reporters, opinion writers and comment columnists who didn't let Fidel's inhumanity to his fellow man stop them from a "cheap Cuban vacation"?  I've personally never been!