Antillian Parliament Thread

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x Robert Alexander Burke II

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Mr Alexander Burke:

Gentlemen,

While I am naturally inclined to support expanding existing infrastructure as a sign of progress, I must echo the concerns of my fellow honourable members with regard to the cost of such a project as the one recently proposed to the treasury, to the environment, to business, and to labour. Now, Mr MacPherson said in his initial statement that the proposal has been in planning for three years. Surely, the planners must have come up with an estimate as to how much it would cost?

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Mr Alexander Burke

If the concern is that this bill will cause ferrymen of the island to become unemployed, would the logical conclusion not be to pass an aid package of some sort? One which compensates unemployed ferrymen for lost wages, and provides them with job training so that they might go back into work as soon as possible?