What is interesting is that there are many capable Bahamians who are working in other countries. They are not coming back because the the climate of efficiency is not here. We also spend our time trying to bring educated people down to our own grade "D average" mentality.

Those Bahamians who are working in other countries did not need the Department of Immigration to protect them either. They got their jobs fair and square.

We need to change our attitude here at home.

I would open up immigration much more. We all do better when we have competition.

Birdie, who is going to win and why?

Oh my Bahamas, if you change the constitution you will breach those international treaties that your beloved PLP signed; they been fooling and feeding your ignorance for years.

Ever wondered why we still have a grade D average in this country?

A. Leonard Archer is correct.

Thank you Mr. Smith for setting the record straight.

This is a positive step forward. When one looks at Cayman v The Bahamas, the size of our populations, and the Billions invested, it is clear to see that this might reverse the downward spiral of FDI leaving The Bahamas.
Cayman is doing so much better than we are. They have had a similar type of immigration policy as the one tabled.

You have no idea. By the way do tell us what "our culture" is? Tell us what we really are? Our values etc.

Looks like Mr. Trump is learning from the Chinese. Nobody told him about "the land of the free and the brave".

Everyone is entitled to the due process of law. It does not matter whether they are legal or illegal, they are still entitled to it.

The Department of Immigration is a mess. They have fought being brought into the 21st Century and are not capable of dealing with this. There are thousands who should have been processed by now and have not.

If we are not careful this could turn into a major international embarrassment on a scale much larger than the fyre festival. Indeed, depending on how we do this we could be inviting international economic sanctions.

In the first instance yes, we are in many ways too small to be able to cover the cost of independence. So the idea of shearing a court of 5 justices with considerable depth of legal knowledge as our highest court, a court that we could not afford if we were to have it as ours alone, has considerable merit.

As for cost, it should be noted that paying for ambassadors, and a foreign service is very expensive. Last year the was a news report that Canada and the UK had agreed to merge certain High Commissions as a way to reduce costs of their diplomatic service so it is not just us.

The cost of sovereignty is high and therefore it has its limitations.

We cannot ignore the fact that we live in a global economy.