Do all that at Christmas time when more tourist escape the cold weather to visit us, and they are more apt to spend a few dollars Middle of the year can't see it bringing the numbers they think, i.e. bad plan = waste of moey. Or use it to pay back some debt.

This bigot is too easily distracted by whatever bone Perry chooses to throw at him to derail his simpleton mind.....and LTB knows it!

Such a good, decent and most gifted man in many aspects but totally out of his comfort zone when it comes to political astuteness. Comade Minnis who has no government car allowing for his PM's assigned driver to chauffeur him around Nassau Town. I say dump the driver immediately to reallocate that taxpayers funding to hiring himself a good lead policy strategist. If not at least sit quietly on the sidelines and go hire himself a lead media commentator. By attacking the government's funding of The Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival, the Comrade leader of Her Majesty's official opposition party in the House of Assembly showcases his own policy weaknesses. How can he not expect to draw fire away from the PM to attract towards what many are now viewing as the Junkanoo "Junkman's & Junkwoman's" atmosphere of his leadership and that of his party's lead executives? Too many shopping buggies be pushed up and down the grocery and meat isles of a Super Value and heading to the checkout cashiers - all but empty of stuff to feeds their families to be dealing with such a trivial matter.

I agree that he needs a strategist, he is too easily distracted and he picks on small issues as opposed to seeing the bigger picture. The Carnival festival is just one aspect of the misuse of our funds, abuse of power and political corruption. Those are things that people can understand and if he stuck to that line he would do better. Nygard, BOB, Stellar Waste, Kohlrautz, Renew Bahamas, Carnival, PHA, BAMSI, BEC+ 100,000 cash payment and family reconnections, they are ALL symptoms of the same thing. Lump them together, keep them in the spotlight and target the big picture. In the meantime get a strategist.

I thought Perry said the PLP's motto was a Bahamas for Bahamians!
Now he's ushering in a foreign festival and attempting to merge it into our culture??? I guess all he really wanted was another opportunity to do the Perry shuffle!

We Bahamians must be the biggest suckers on the face of the earth. SMH

I have little regard for the PLP and their MANY shortfalls, however, the "creation of a Junkanoo Carnival" is not one of them.

Dr. Minnis is stupidly copying U.S. Republican tactics of opposing simply to oppose. He will learn in good time that most people disagree with him.

Anyone with eyes can see and understand that Junkanoo despite being world renown, in it's present Xmas and New Years presentation is not a large tourism attracting product.

This point is irrefutable based on the miniscule numbers of tourist that can be seen at either Junkanoo parade.

Fact is, Bahamians will celebrate these Junkanoo parades with or without tourist coming to our shores and with or without government sponsorship or involvement.

Junkanoo parades are a Bahamian cultural event predominately by Bahamians AND GEARED TO Bahamians!

That being said.

Governments idea of introducing a "properly timed Junkanoo Carnival" specifically targeting tourist is an absolutely brilliant idea which will generate business for the ailing tourism industry.

Government should also be creative and look into jazz, rock, blues, hip hop, pop and or combinations of other carnivals.

SP, you are quite right, and the anti carnival folks need to see it this way. Junkanoo is a Bahamian celebration exclusively. Carnival is not replacing Junkanoo, it's entirely a separate event.