Carnival dumping sewage where they want, numbers people not paying their taxes and still operating, Haitians building houses where they want. Illegal mining, dumping, Dominicans raping our waters, and god only knows what else is happening that is more pressing and this is their focus? Who would have ever thought the Bahamas would be importing hemp goods from the United States LOL LOL!!!!!!

Positive trajectory? As Carnival Cruise lines uses our country as a cesspit to dump their sh$t?

I think you hit the nail on the head regarding import licenses.

Meaning they are not going to change this antiquated unfair business license system. I guess just like government income they see business income as all profit. No need to account for costs.

Can fix pot holes, keep the power on, books and toilet paper in schools but, we gonna punish people for a product that has no THC the compound in hemp that makes you high. Glad our priorities are in order. Meanwhile them number houses paying their taxes like good business people. What a joke.

Mega projects have more money to grease people's hands. That's why they are such a focus.

Will this be another mandatory salary deduction for a government managed fund? If so l cry for us all.

Since WTO is all about competition and rules, and opening up ourselves to the world and joining the world community, and most favored nation status, I say upon joining anyone in the world should be able to come to the Bahamas and run for political office. That way like everything else we might get the best and cheapest politicians. Let the politicians compete on the world stage like they want the rest of us to do. Well see how fast they continue down this path if this were the case.

Exactly!

Bahamian business should absolutely be scared of competition. When electricity doesn't work and cost 4 times more, water doesn't work, phones don't work. High speed internet is a joke, can't access foreign capital, can't use PayPal, amazon, or internet services, can't open up a bank accounts without giving a dna sample, a first born child, and the colour of your house, if you have a bank on your island. Our government struggles to fix roads and put books and toilet paper in the schools. Businesses waste valuable time and resources dealing with out to lunch, gone to pickup their children, and come back tomorrow government workers. Registering a company costs more than almost anywhere else on Earth. Businesses license is based in gross income not profits. The list is almost endless. Yes we should all fear outside competition when we are so hamstrung by the government.