[quote author=ketchim link=topic=68997.msg430662#msg430662 date=1343318369]
ODA is now CIDA , methink :
Canada is still prepared to provide assistance to Guyana..
[/quote]No ...ODA (Overseas Development Agency) was part of Crown Agents which was a UK Government funded programme.
The Canadians then came in and installed a different voltage system for some parts of the country I think.... so some were running on 240 and some on 120 way back then. You're racking my brain to remember all this now... and I can't quite remember and I don't know the present situation.
Anyhow ... the Hydro Electric was a pipe dream since way back in 1980 .......and most likely still is ...