Comments on: Govt Release ‘Strategic Priority Five’ Summary

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 09:44:11 +0000

“The Ministry of Economy and Labour” might understand labour issues, but it has no concept of micro or macro economic principles.

By: Lies

Lies — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 22:50:11 +0000

White Bermudians aren’t leaving. It’s a few hundred black Bermudians and it’s not thousands as old Cole stated on the news this evening. It’s 11:47pm in the UK good night.

By: Ringmaster

Ringmaster — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 21:41:38 +0000

Total and utter BS. Just a Government Dept. trying to keep their jobs by writing this stuff. Nothing there of any substance. Should the SP renovation start who will fill the jobs? There is only 3% unemployment, so workers will need to be brought in. Where is the benefit to Bermudians? PLP sell out of Bermudians.

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 20:33:46 +0000

Here is a thought. If there are so many people retiring and so many people emigrating, why are there so many people saying that they can’t find a job?

Is it that they are not qualified for a job? Are they not employable for a job, can’t pass a drugs test? Do they simply not want a job? Is it much easier to live on financial assistance that has no limited benefit time limit for able bodied people?

By: hey

hey — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 19:44:56 +0000

Hmmmm,

if we have more people retiring (older population) than youngsters joining the workforce then more than 8,418 people will have to come into the island via immigration.

all the flak that the OBA had about pathways to status to retain people would have prevented this desperately large number. OBA knew how to run a country, turn a country around from the state the PLP left it in.

“Increasing the Working Population – Aligning Bermuda’s old age dependency ratio with the OECD average is critical to our economy. The goal is approximately 8,418 persons, or about 1,684 persons per year for the next five years, accomplished through:
1. Local Workforce Retention and Reducing Migration, and,
2. Enabling Economic Growth through Immigration.”