Commercial Immigration Survey Is Launched
The Ministry of Home Affairs has launched an e-survey with the aim of seeking more public feedback on the topic of commercial immigration.
A Ministry spokesperson said, “The survey can be accessed at the Government website and is accompanied by the presentation which was given on January 14, by Madeleine Sumption, Assistant Director for Research, International Program at the Migration Policy Institute.
“The public will recall that earlier this month – and in keeping with its Throne Speech pledge – the Ministry of Home Affairs hosted an information session on the concept of commercial immigration and how other jurisdictions have adopted the initiative with the aim of stimulating their respective economies.
“Varying models of commercial immigration are being used in close to 20 countries, including St. Kitts, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Malta, Mauritus, US, UK, Canada, Singapore, Monaco, Portugal, Latvia and many others”.
Today [Jan 26], the Minister of Home Affairs, Sen. Michael Fahy said, “This Government believes that one of the ways we can turn our economy around is by encouraging direct inward investment, and globally, commercial immigration is seen as a method for direct inward investment.
“Having conducted extensive research on the commercial immigration initiative over the past few months, we have seen indications that the programme has assisted in creating jobs and stimulating economies in other jurisdictions. And Ms. Sumption’s presentation offered different models and considerations with cost and benefit information.
“As I have previously stated, we are committed to having an open and transparent process regarding consultation on this issue, and we believe that the best policies are ones that involve a wider perspective from our community. So we are encouraging interested members of the public to go online and review the information and take a few moments to fill out the survey.”
The Ministry advised that the survey is also available in hard copy format and can be collected from the Ministry’s main office, located on the 5th floor of the Dame Lois Browne Evans Building, Court Street Hamilton.
The spokesperson concluded saying, “As a special note, the survey was developed by the Government of Bermuda, Ministry of Home Affairs with no affiliation or interest from any other groups or institutions. Interested individuals are encouraged to review the accompanying information on the site before taking the survey”.
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Selling our our children, one by one.
Shame on you OBA!
Don’t be short sighted this will help our children ie jobs & wages in their pockets.
What was killing Bermuda was IGNORANCE. This is why PLP was all too happy to see our kids graduating without being able to read & write. They wanted stupid robots following their inward looking leaders down the road of black nationalism and Jamaica part II. Irie man!!
I thank you Black Soil, for you’ve hit the nail upon its head…As the ole timers use to say, “your own fleas bite the hardest”.
@ Black Soil we have for the most the same teachers same MOE… yet the PLP graduated students that cant read… year over year students are entering institution of higher learning, in the UK USA and Canada…is it a big conspiracy to graduate Bermudians that can’r read.. SMDH… no wonder there is no unity here…
can’t
No Greed.
You sold them for your BMW and your gold.
Shalom.
Personally, I’ve no issue with it.
Again, another dramatic and nonsensical statement.
I don’t see how the average Bermudian is even going to be able to compete with someone who has the six figures to pay for status.
And as if there’s going to be this MASSIVE rush of foreigners wanting to get Bermudian status. Oh yeah, there are going to be so many. Get real.
@unbelievable, do you really think the type we are wanting are going to take jobs from Bermudians??? If you do then there is no helping you! The types we are talking about will GIVE jobs to Bermudians!!
@ Kangoocar, you’ve misunderstood me.
I don’t know how a foreigner who has six figures to throw around and pay for status is even going to compete with the average Bermudian. I mean, what job will a person like that get? A bar job? A sales clerk job? They’re going to pay six figures to work as a bartender or a landscaper. No of course not. The only person that they can or even will compete against is a well established Bermudian who also has six figures or more. But there’s no way in hell they will take any job from that person either.
The argument that this will take jobs from Bermudians is so ridiculous. People aren’t thinking with their heads. They just get told some emotional line from the Opposition and they get all riled up.
And on top of that, are we really expecting a big influx of people foreigners?? No! At most we’ll get about 5 a year. Not even. Think people!!!!
So if we are only going to “get about 5 a year. Not even.” Why bother
Because it’s a lot of money.
If the price is something like 250k per person, that money can go towards hotel investment or charities.
Commercial Immigration can be a good thing you lot.
And it can go really bad too
Sure it can….anything can go wrong and if this happens, I’m sure something will happen that is negative but no one can see the positives here.
All we hear are Bermudians having their birthright taken away – what madness! Bermuda is so insular that it’s never going to succeed.
There are various forms of commercial immigration, depending on what the government allows. People can be granted Bermudian status/passport and can still have restrictions such as no voting, must live in the country for x number of years, must put down x amount of dollars to go toward Bermuda’s infrastructure/economy (bridges, social programmes, national debt whatever).
Folks just gotta be open minded.
@unbelievable, I can see I did miss understand you, I am on board with everything you said!
@ unbelievable…
it is about two rules of thumb.. pushing the wealth up or down….if we stimulate the wealth at the bottom,keynesian economic, more people go up, when we stimulate the top, Reaganomics,increasing the wealth gap which pushes everyone else down…. ..depending on where, most people stand, will determine which rule they believe…
So how would you stimulate wealth at the bottom Rhonda. and please define who is the bottom?
@hmmm, rhonda can’t!
Damn Its official Bermudas Broke
The O.B.A/ubp elite have no concern for the average working Bermuda.
Who are the Elite, name them ?????
I like the idea. Get on with it!
Thank you. Min Fahy for putting this survey on the government web site, hopefully all those that take the time to actually study the facts will come to the correct conclusion that this can only be good for us!! I will suggest you take with a grain of salt all the protectionist plper’s who will surely try and derail this!! Bermuda, being it really offers nothing of much value to this world except being a tax lowering jurisdiction, needs as much foreign Capitol as we can get, and this means those after being vetted and deemed of good character can benifit from it should be able to move here and by this happening will create many jobs for locals! The world is changing and we to be a part of it or we surely will be left behind!!!
What a difference from the previous 14 yr reign of terror!!!
Man get off your knees and wipe your mouth!
How we are going pay for all theses high risk ppl of Bda…which we can’t support anymore..so bring on commercial immigration. Asap!
Yes. Why not we need the money to help pay for plp massive debt..
Are you serious?
PLP in 14yrs racked up $1.6bn.
OBA in 1yr racked up $750mn.
OBA is responsible for almost 1/3 of our debt in ONE YEAR.
So please stop with the “plp massive debt”.
OBA is sitting on $750mn. What is their plans for that money, that all of us will have to pay back?
OBA aka ‘ABO’- Anti Bermudian Organisation will erase middle and lower income Bermudians in their 5yrs of power. They will bring about ‘change’ like they promised, but not like they promised
Jus askin, you do realize that up until now the OBA is having to run the country with the plp budget?? The OBA borrowed the money to pay for your plp BUDGET!!! It just never ceases to amaze me the oblivience that people walk around in!!! Any raising of the debt has been done to pay for your plp’s recklessness!!!
With plp supporters such as your self, it is no surprise how they stayed in power so long???
@kangoocar the OBA did not have to continue the PLP plan they could have cut spending, from the get go….they chose not to, and then doubled down on spending..when do they own their decisions…
Oh so they should have just fired 30% of the government and thrown thousands of people out of work with no hope for finding employment in the private sector, so they could then come back asking for financial assistance.
Rhonda you and Jus’Askin simply have no concept of how the real world works.
So Rhonda, when the cuts really start to dig deep into the civil service you can be be counted on to support them.
Correct?
@Triangle, Rhonda’s silence says it all???
WHY when some one speaks against OBA they are a PLP supporter?
Never been a PLP supporter. If I was they would still be in power. The second UBP/BDA/OBA was happening I would’ve pushed the PLP to call a snap election. PLP waited until the OBA was formed and they paid for it. No party of mine would’ve waited for an opposition to gain momentum.
They have done more to increasing our debt in a shorter period of time then the PLP. OBA has proven they had NO Plan coming in and do not have one now. Grabbing at straws and letting everyone else lift the load SAGE, Tourism Autority, CRC etc etc
OBA actually stands for “One Bad Ass” Government!
I have a gut feeling that they are emulating the USA’s ‘New World Order’ model which, if it becomes full blown, will turn the lives of every single person into one hell of a nightmare.
again, silly drama
@the messenger, hopefully you are crediting the person responsible for the US, New World Order?? For the uneducated I will state the persons name, it is Barack Hussein Obama !!
Has anyone tried to take this survey? It attempts to skew results in favour of commercial immigration by placing the choices the Government wants first and forcing one to hypothesize concerning the models that might be offered. The survey is structured much like the Government’s old casino question: state uncertain positive result as a given (jobs and growth from gaming) and then ask if people are against it. The OBA ought to be ashamed. Absolutely ashamed.
It is also extremely verbose and wordy, bound to confuse most, and I am sure that is not an coincidence.
Are you stating that Bermudians are too dumb to understand all the big words?
Wow how elitist of you…
Well now, given the success of our education system at producing literate people over the decades, what do you think?
Be honest now. Have you been on the streets lately & had a listen? How about talk radio? A bunch of geniuses there.
“The concept of a Commercial Immigration Program is policies developed by countries to attract foreign capital and business people by providing the right of residence and or citizenship in return for: a monetary contributions into a government fund (Cash Model) or direct business investments into the local economy (Investor Model). Do you believe Bermuda would benefit overall from offering a Commercial Immigration Program?”
Step one: Give an positive, yet unsubstantiated definition of ‘the concept’.
Step two: Ask whether Bermuda would benefit from ‘the concept’.
Is there a direct source for this definition of Commercial Immigration? Because the way I see it, Commercial Immigration can be used with an objective to attract foreign capital, such as the EB-5 Immigrant Investors visa category used in the US. It also can be used to securely increase population, as in St. Kitts & Nevis. However, the definition should actually read ‘policies developed by countries to provide the right of residence in exchange for monetary contributions or local investments’.
Those that think this is selling Bermudian’s birth right I hate to break it to you but when the PLP took the Island 2 billion plus in debt they sold our birth right! The massive debt left behind by the PLP thanks to cost over runs and free mania needs to be paid. The more people (preferably wealthy )we can get in here to help to help payback the debt the better. An old timer once told me that when one has hold of your testicles your heart and mind will soon follow!
That’s your lousy justification for everything the OBA does huh?
Um, the PLP took us to 1.4 billion, then the OBA took us over the 2 billion mark….
Should the Govt have reneged on inherited financial committments?
What expense would you like to cut first?
That is a fairly deep survey. I suspect that many will not understand many of the answer options in it.
The KISS principle was not applied here at all. Too much info being sought straight off the top IMO from people who have little understsnding of the subject.
Great idea. I just took it and had no issues with the ranking of questions. Took about 5 minutes.
This is nothing more than a plan to create a Bermuda without the Bermudian. There is a reason why Bermudians; and especially black Bermudians are suspicious over this so-called commercial-immigration put forward by this anti-Bermudian one term OBA government. We have seen it all before; the displacement of Bermudians under the guise of the importation of foreign workers. That is all that will come more and more Foreign workers and they will create two economies; one that caters to the needs of them and you see where it is reflected in the increased enrolment in the private schools; the housing areas where Bermudians can not rent; let alone dream of owning their own; a whole host of other economic interests that has in fact created two economies. Those who benefited from this state of economic affairs did the most crying at the decline of their market; the foreign worker and are the ones pushing this government in it’s policy of creating a Bermuda without the Bermudian and at the same time continuing to tell the big lie that this will create jobs for Bermudians; while at the same time Bermudians continue to experience high unemployment rates while all others enjoy full employment in this supposed to be our own country.
Alvin, why don’t you take you “anti Bermudian OBA stuff somewhere else??” I have made the effort to become very successful from the overseas companies that are here, who by the way have made many Bermudians wealthy!! I guess you would never understand that, being you spent your entire life sucking from the government while you were delivering mail for a government department that continuously costs us money!!! If you actually had any gumption you would have made a much better living by doing something for yourself!!! Yet again it is you I am referring too???
Kangoocar I would. Not expect you to. Understand
when the old boys imported people
from. Briton. Here bermudians were frozen out of jobs .
He you feels it knows it. I know it
Xenophobic, erratic, disorganized PLP Govt. sold Bermuda to foreign banks. Commercial immigration is being embraced all around the world, but not here, because many Bermudians do not want to share their “special declining” Island with anyone else. Look at the horrible state of our roads, Airport, beaches, parks, roadsides, bridges, schools, hotels, lighthouses, tugs, ferries, buses, Bda. College, Dockyard, St. Georges, Govt. pensions,. Read the SAGE Commission…Without outside capital, Bermuda will steadily decline towards 3rd world status all by itself…
Alvin, get a grip on reality. In terms of jobs, the PLP issued more work permits. The limited number of people would not be competing for bermudian jobs, they would be bringing dollars into the economy….what do dollars in the economy do? Help or hinder?
Focus on what is good for Bermuda. This has some potential. No one thing the OBA has is the magic bullet, but the many things they are doing, will all contribute towards a better chance for Bermudians in bermuda.
Alvin,
I concur with most of your expressed views. However, you would do well to be clear about which ethnic group of Bermudians you reference when you speak about Bermudians. Read my right-to-the point, blunt message at the bottom. I am sure that it will evoke much hostility from the white sector. That’s okay because I’ve been on the earth from its beginning to know that white folks cannot handle Black people telling them the truth (truth is always true)and they never feel comfortable with Black progress. Swift and sure progress must be our aim if we earnestly wish to save our village. So-called integration was the worst thing that happened to us. We were once GREAT and we can be GREAT again! In the meantime I am praying the DEVIL back to HELL!
The devil back to hell?
Black racism will eventually sink this piece of rock…
And yes your ignorant statement above along with the numerous threats of racial violence demonstrates that black people can be hate filled racist idiots as well.
As long as people speak with category there will be a division. Speak of one as a person, for people are what we are.
couldn’t get on web site.
in favor anyway
bet it won’t produce very large numbers if any at all
money IN big whoop.
Bermudians are to self serving egotistical blind to the world anyway and YES I am one.
I had no problem with the survey, and did not detect any bias. Any educated adult should be able to understand what is being asked.
“Any educated adult should be able to understand what is being asked.”
And that is where the problem lies. There are plenty who do not understand. What is worse, they don’t know that they do not understand. emotion rather than rationality drives their views.
Wins for Bermudians, courtesy of the OBA:
1. Nothing DIRECT but “assurances” they MIGHT see residual benefits resulting from the Wins for Non Bermudians listed below…
2. Well there is no 2…
Wins for Non-Bermudians, courtesy of the OBA:
1. Work permits scrapped despite assertions by OBA to suspend them temporarily.
2. PRC status given to loosely-defined “senior managers” who now get to compete with average bermudians for housing and commercial opportunities through their immense savings after years of thriving on the likes of housing/transportation/tuition/travel/utility allowances.
3. Scrapping the 60/40 local business ownership rule; Capital G recently under control of foreigners. Whether good or bad move, expect more headliners like that in days ahead.
4. Lowering barriers to foreign access to Bermuda realty through temporary (so they say) cuts to duty rates and rezoning of lands to facilitate foreign ownership.
5. Scrapping gaming referendum to move forward in the interests of promises made to 3rd party foreign investors – yes that is indeed what happened.
6. Scrapping the land licensing legislation, which was intended to counter illegal fronting of real estate reserved for locals. Regardless of how overkill the measure was, the OBA never followed on w an alternative proposal for fighting illegal fronting.
7. Giving well-to-do expat residents the assurance they (OBA) support them to the extent of seeing nothing wrong with given their privileged children the opportunity to compete with Bermudian kids from way more humble / in-need-of-support households for summer jobs IN A RECESSION.
8. What we all expect will be the OBA’s (once again) unwaivering plans to push through commercial immigration as a measure to hopefully build their support base going into the next election… err I mean for the benefit of and creation of jobs for Bermudians.
I say to all Bermudians, OBA and PLP supporters, there is NOTHING new under the sun. Behold as this “new” government of “change” sells us down the river to bidders with no roots and intimate attachment to OUR country.
Pretty sure work permits are still required…didn’t read the rest after you started your rant with a blatant lie…
Oh and the 60/40 rule was scrapped, for a number of firms, under the PLP, hence the introduction of HSBC as well as for many other firms…
Actually exceptions where made under the PLP. It is the OBA that everyone expected would do away with it altogether. It will be way too late before many OBA supporters realize this party is the worst that that could have happened to Bermuda and MANY Bemudian families with roots here going back for MANY GENERATIONS.
Pretty pathetic all (you claim) you noticed is my leaving out the word “limits” after “permit’s”… OBA supporters are so in denial about the essentially EVIL old world colonial tactics of their government to replenish the their support base with a new wave of privaleged foreigners.
Actually all work permits are set for a period of time, after which the employer must reapply.
And there are plenty of exemptions of the 60/40 rule that took place under the PLP.
Denial is a two way street mate. You just proved that.
Anyone ever stop to think a Bermuda with fewer Bermudians isnt such a bad concept? People feel that way about a lot of places that would be 100 times better if 1st world nation foreigners took control. Complain all you want but the OBA recognizes progress is a Darwinian process where the strongest survive. These days the strongest come in the form of insurance executives, venture capitalists, bank owners and others with wealth. Is it that bad, a vision of Bermuda inhabited largely (if not mostly) by a population that represent the best of the best in their respective industries?
you must have lost your marbles inna?
If OBA did recognise a Darwinian process, they would know their children’s children will not last or survive in the Bermuda they are creating
and why not survive?!
They will not be strong enough
lmao…I figured dat but really why not? if u really knew ud say otherwise. and by what ya implying the bermuda “they create” YOU won’t survive.
Typical right wing propoganda
Can Bermuda sell status as an OT?
correct me, if i’m wrong..but isn’t it, by following these global methods, that we got into this mess, in the first place?
Before we undertake any comprehensive immigration policies or reform, shouldn’t we first assess what our ideal population number should be and then determine the best road to sustaining a healthy workforce for decades to come? Shouldn’t this exercise also factor in other industries that we may wish to persuade to move to our shores in the future as our IB model continues to evolve?
Until we fully appreciate what is sustainable, we will run the risk of creating a policy and then having to change the rules in case the numbers spike too much. After all, Bermuda is the Crown Jewel of the Atlantic; who would not want to live here or build a career here? Let’s not kid ourselves, while there are no endemic Bermudians, there have been policies in the past which have sought to promote some groups over others; so we must be vigilant to learn from lessons of the past that have divided our country, particularly along racial lines.
While some bloggers will attack those that express fear towards these policy suggestions, please appreciate that many Bermudians are concerned that such measures will seek to change the current face of Bermuda as some are forced to leave due to increased costs of living and perhaps the inability to compete for the highest paid jobs to sustain a healthy lifestyle in Bermuda.
Emotions will run high on this issue and therefore a very open dialogue is required but in order for the dialogue to be meaningful, the government needs to clearly set the parameters it considers best and the necessary mechanisms to protect Bermudians ability to remain in our country; otherwise we will see heated emotional debates which risk creating further division.
Finally, don’t we have commercial immigration already as evidenced through the ability to avoid work permits and acquire PRC status thorough the Job Makers Act? If that is a fair assessment, why are we pushing for more and if money is the objective, why did we reduce the fees payable under the Job Makers Act?
Can I like this statement 100 times?
Without a clear plan for immigration, we CAN’T rationally discuss selling status.
We FIRST must establish what our vision is for Bda and then implement strategies to fulfill that vision.
We MUST look at this from a sustainability perspective that includes our economic, social, cultural, environmental, political concerns
We MUST always consider the long-term implications of ALL that we do.
Selling status means that all off-spring also have access to our lands, our job opportunities, our education scholarships and most importantly the right to have a say in the direction of our country. The selling of the right to vote, IMO, is sordid. We are handing off the ability of virtual strangers to have a say in the shaping of our govts n our children’s future.
Marc,
Maybe you should use another young Bermudian to do your bidding…maye an intern or someone along those lines…
Alvin – do you even know what commercial immigration is? You are an ignorant person!
DO YOU???
Allow existing PRCs to become Bermuda citizens! Ppl under this immigration policy should not be awarded Bermuda status before PRCs who’ve lived here and contributed to this island but will NEVER have the rights of status Bermudians.. Don’t let money be the difference between these groups..
It certainly makes sense to me…
Darwinian!
Thank you Overlord Fahy for pretending you care before you force this on Bermuda! All hail the Great Leader Fahy!
I find it problematic that many OBA supporters attempt to dismiss opposition to commercial immigration on the basis of the opponents’ level of education. This is a thread throughout the comments (see, e.g.: Jim Bean at 10:24pm). And even the OBA’s survey asks for the participant’s level of education and income. Why? Are certain people’s views more important than others? I think one can reasonably be against this policy with an understanding of Bermuda’s history and the perpetual attempts to disenfranchise black (yes, I said black) Bermudians. This commercial immigration policy is merely a continuation of the importation of labor after emancipation to increase supply and thereby drive down wages. It is yet another attempt to create a Bermuda without Bermudians.
Further, even if one were to attack those opponents to this policy as ‘ignorant’, that does not matter in a democracy. When you go to vote, you are not asked for your level of income nor to present a copy of your highest degree. Perhaps the OBA thinks Bermuda ought only to be governed according to the wishes of the intelligent or the wealthy. If it wishes to move toward such electoral eugenics, it should simply say so and allow the rest of us (the unenlightened) to vote them out at the earliest opportunity.
The bottomline is, the “One Bad Ass” Government is covertly turning this island into a lily white paradise. That is their aim. Look closely and you will see the sign pointing in that one way direction. So, you imported and born white residents need not worry because you–all of you are safe. On the other hand, Black folks need to buckle down and strategize the way forward to save our own derrières because in reality it is us and them. In actuality we, on this small island, are in a racial war. This matter is serious and urgent. The deck stacked against us is three-pronged: Capitalism, Militarism and Racism!
what planet are you on?
This survey has some major flaws. It presumes Bermudians even want it. Highly doubtful as the OBA has not even educated persons on the topic.
sounds like another fixed question.
You obviously weren’t at the town hall meeting last week.
whom-ever is opposed to this idea is living in the 1970s….there is no black nor white, no local nor expat, no Bermudian nor Foreigner…You only occupy this little rock at the pleasure of HM Queen Elizabeth….in other words…..YOU DON’T OWN F****.
now that I’ve vented, how the hell can you be opposed to this idea without at least talking about it first? All I know is that I have nothing to fear because the Bloomburgs and Perrots certainly don’t wanna come here to take my job!!
SMDH at the small minds that cry fire at every opportunity….jeeeeeez
In Malta, commercial immigration granted Maltese passports go on sale next month. What is peculiar about their commercial immigration policy is that it was ferociously criticised by all members of the European Union (EU). What does the EU have to do with it? By buying a Maltese passport it automatically grants and extends that individual the rights and privileges to live and work in each 28 European state. Whereas the super-rich may will not need to work, Malta offered their commercial passport at the bargain basement price of €650,000 (eurodollars). The outcry from other European countries forced the Maltese Government to set the price upwards to €1.15 million (eurodollars) with €350,000 to be invested in property and €150,000 in bonds and shares in the country.
Let’s look at a hypothesis for a minute. Too bad the super-rich missed our sovereign bond offering, we could have charged them $10million each and with only 20 individuals we could have raised $200million from the sale of commercial passports. Sorry, we missed that window of opportunity, but it’s unlikely because they, like PRC holders, who strongly resented paying for their 6 figure certificate, why would the super-rich want to pay for a commercial passport anywhere near $1million let alone $10million?
Now Bermuda can grant a commercial passport or can we? As of December 2014 our passports will only be produced in the UK. Theresa May, UK Home minister, has closed the door on commercial passports getting access to UK rights and privileges by virtue of Bermuda granting it, and it will not happen in the dead of the night without their knowledge and consent. Any commercial passport holder will be put through their terrorism laws, tax codes, etc. Can you blame them? They reap no benefits from this commercial deal.
It pays to bear in mind that commercial passport holders bring financial wealth to invest. But what are we offering to them. We know what they bring to the table, wealth. What precisely is on the table from us to hold their interest and make them commit, Senator Fahy – precisely what?
Now Bermuda has held a public meeting with foreign consulting experts, there is an online esurvey, there will be a green paper and then a white paper on the subject, placed on the government website, then drafted legislation and the final laws. Senator Fahy, do not play us for fools, you are straddling the appearance of a democratic process by ensuring that you meet the minimum benchmark in order not to raise the suspicion of the UK Government on this issue. If the Maltese Government can sell EU citizenship at €1.5million and Bermuda sells it rights and privileges at a fire sale price, you bet they will be very interested in what is on the table also.
The OBA claims that we need foreign investment, but if that investment flowing into the public purse is nothing more than $25,000 per person, again I raise the question, what are we offering them, Senator Fahy -precisely what? I always have the problem with your lack of transparency because as your policy comes into focus, the only hand that is not visible on the table is the Government’s – Senator Fahy.
By the way, how many Bermudians has Job Markers legislation put to work since its enactment, Senator Fahy?
London, England
If an investor wants to build a hotel here I see no problem in letting him amd his family wanting stay here to watch the kettle boil.
We should be advertizing hotel and guest house land for sale or lease, change the land zoning if you have to on prime locations.
Bermuda is not Miami; Boston or New York , high rise prison style accommodation is out.
In the meanwhile Bermudians have many empty houses available, visitors with families should be able to rent them if up to pre- set standards.
I know how to fund that enterprise.
The door is open for a new service catering business people, towels sheets and more. Get BHC involved with the Atlantic sea side place.
This island can be the well oiled machine it once was.
Drop history in schools it’s the past, teach home economics in the hotels.
We need to utilize what we already have.
Ask yourself can you afford to stay in a hotel here ? because I can’t!
Bermuda has to be affordable and cater to every level of accommodation with in reason.
The next time,if there is a next time, you get the chance to have a hotel,or better still a” Holiday Resort” here, do make sure that the electrical and plumbing can be upgraded and or changed out with out demolishing the place.
Do make sure the staff are well trained to compete, and have some multi-lingual and chefs are multi – talent I would just love to see………….
Exotic;
Paradise;
Luxury ;
Romantic;
Hopefully your next 5 star will not look like ten story beehive treating our guests as if they were number on the door will not work. It is all about People skills
Bermuda has the land.
Bermuda has the sandy Beaches.
Bermuda has the Sun.
Bermuda has transportation.
Bermuda has an Airport and much more.
And Best of all, Bermuda is a “Paradise island in the Sun” and only two hours away. Europe is just a little further.
And,before all this can happen, nobody say you have to like one another.
But there are some of you who should put away you childish divisive toys and you had better learn to get along with one another and stop the “Back Biting ” and become part of the team, or …………………………………………..
I would rather have MY island in pieces rather then outsiders ruling and running it. OBA is doin a damn fine job at selling out the true Bermudians for cheap.