The hooray went up, the Canouan investors, after they were granted and have been granted government permission, which went over the head of the planning department. And without consultation with the residents of Canouan; the Canouan investors have completed and had a grand opening of the Canouan Marina, another investment of the Canouan investors.
A part of the illegal prime minister Ralph E. Gonsalves’ plans to push the people of Canouan off of that island; a problem which will be and is easy to reverse and a situation which I will reverse when the time is right. For there is nothing that Ralph E. Gonsalves can do that I have not or already come up with a plan to undo and it matters not how much the investors in Canouan have invested. The remedy is and will be easy.
Now, the St Vincent and the Grenadines opposition sat still, while the government sold more land to the investors to develop the marina on the island of Canouan. There were too many issues that the opposition could have raised in opposition and take the actions to ensure that the following things happen.
• That the developers present all of the relevant supporting documentation and studies that will ensure this project was a good one for the island of Canouan and the people of SVG.
• That a proper environmental impact study is completed to assess the effects this project will have on the natural environment. The neighbouring beaches as well as the neighbouring island.
• Ensure that the community voice is heard before this project was approved and or begins.
• Ensure that the residents of Canouan and other Vincentians gain employment of this project, if it was proven to be a feasible one.
• And ensure that there is a resolution to the conflict between the residence of Canouan and the investors before any new development is approved.
But ever since the resignation of the Honorable Mr Arnhim Eustace was forwarded relinquishing his post of leader of the NDP and the political leader of the opposition the resistance of the opposition has slid down to the zero on the scale. Now the St Vincent and the Grenadines opposition no longer opposes. It makes one miss even cooperative opposition style Mr Arnhim Eustace, who tried to find common grounds with the government and support those projects that could be of benefit to the country.
While St Clair Leacock is still crying over the fact that he was not elected opposition leader and Dr. Godwin Friday is twiddling his thumbs, St Vincent and the Grenadines is being sold off square foot by square foot by Ralph E. Gonsalves. All of this is taking place in the absence of a functioning opposition in St Vincent and the Grenadines. As a result, I am now declaring myself opposition leader of St Vincent and the Grenadines.
My main concerns with the Canouan marina are as follows:
1. How is the interruption of the natural course of the sea as was done to build the marina going to affect the surrounding beaches?
2. How is this project going to affect the replenishment of sand to the nearby beaches?
3. How this project is going to affect the marine wildlife in that part of the country?
4. How the project is going to affect the land wildlife?
5. How this project is going to affect the beaches of the surrounding islands?
6. What facilities have been put into place to deal with the proper disposal of the waste that this project is going to generate?
7. What facilities were put in place to deal with the disposal of human waste?
8. How this project is going to affect the people of Canouan?
9. Why is the government approving a new project presented by the Canouan investors when there is a volatile situation between the investors and the residents of that small island?
There are more question that I have to ask, but until then.
Self-appointed opposition leader of
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Allan H. F. Palmer
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