I am looking for a party with a plan to get the finances of this country under control by stopping all the waste (possible theft) in the Government Ministries. How they will ensure a balanced budget.

I also want to see what ideas they have as to how to expand our economy in ways that make it less reliable on the Financial and Tourism sectors.

They need to show, not just say they will, but clearly explain how they are going to create 35,000 new jobs in 5 years or 65,000 new jobs in 10 years.

How they are going to avoid a down grade to "junk bond" status and how they are going to ensure that The Bahamian dollar does not get devalued.

Mr. Kemp makes a great deal of sense.

Deddie, the Government has nothing to do except do as they are told by the international community. The Controllers MUST comply or the rest of the world declares The Bahamas as unsafe and prohibit their airlines flying here,

Interesting coming from Unions who are NEVER accountable to their members. NEVER disclose their accounts to their members.

This has nothing to do with protecting the employee and everything to the union leaders being re-elected.

First you need to have the agreement made public, but the Bahamians who have the right to do this (the contractors) are not man enough to do it (they scared) so we won't get a Commission of Inquiry.

Until we stand up nothing will happen.

I would have hoped that the BFS would have already spoken to the Economist, not to mention any necessary authority, to explain that what they said was untrue or needed clarification.

I would have hoped that the Minister would have come to the House to report on the success of these communications.

Amazing how quickly they can come up with a law like this but can't produce a Freedom of Information law after 5 years.

Birdie you really need to check you facts. Mr. Smith has won many cases that most thought impossible.
He has always stood up for peoples rights. Years ago, he won a case for Harvey Tynes QC who had been wrongfully detained by the police. He has been doing human rights cases almost his entire career.

He has been in land actions as well.

He was very deserving of being made a QC.

This is not "any third party" this is a case of those paying part of the price being entitled to see where there money is going. This is a public matter not a private one.

The Hawksbill Creek Agreement is there for all to see. Same thing.

Labour in The Bahamas is known around the world as having a disgusting attitude and poor productivity. The Prime Minister and his government know that.

The PLP, over the last 40years, created this monster, now they have to reshape it and that will not be easy.

**Bahamians are entitled to a first opportunity at the job**,they then have to perform and be on time. If they don't perform or can't show up to work on time, ten they must expect to lose their job.

**Bahamians are not entitled to be employed, whether they work or not, just because they are Bahamians**.