General Secretary of the Democratic Labour Party George Pilgrim as he presented a token of appreciation to featured lecturer Dr. Henderson Carter on Wednesday night.
Dr. Carter told the packed conference room that the major issue at work is unemployment.
“We have a lot of people unemployed and we have a lot of waste land. Why can’t we let those two things work for us. Get that wasteland working again. If not grow cane, grow something else. Grow cabbages so that we won’t have to import cabbages and lettuce. And reduce our food import bill. I think we have to look seriously at getting our land into production, reducing our food import bill and perhaps that could help us in our fiscal deficit,” he opined.
The historian reiterated that peace and stability defines Barbadians as a people. “That is why visitors keep coming to this island. It is why people invest in this island.”
“Do you know that outsiders think more highly of Barbados than Barbadians? There are people who come here from Africa, even US and do not want to go back. They want to live in Bim. But if we listen to some people we would think we are living in a dump heap,” he lamented. (JH)