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Former Finance Ministers Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, Sir Richard Haynes and Owen Arthur have been invited to join in the national effort to combat the global economic crisis affecting Barbados. Prime Minister David Thompson last night threw out
the offer to the three elder statesmen as he wrapped up debate on the
2009 Financial Statement and Budgetary Proposals in the House of
Assembly.
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 Mr. Speaker, I rise to present this Financial Statement in the year
of Our Lord 2009 cognizant that acute challenges face our country and
confront the world. To paraphrase Charles Dickens, these times are,
“the best of times, the worst of times; the age of wisdom, the age of
foolishness; the epoch of belief, the epoch of incredulity; the season
of light, the season of darkness; the spring of hope, the winter of
despair…”
I take comfort from the fact that the vast majority
of Barbadians, judging from the tone and focus of their submissions,
suggestions and counseling, are fully aware and appreciative of the
nature of my task, created in large measure by circumstances not of our
making.
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