 Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. Just briefly I stand to support this very important initiative. When we speak of the evolution of livelihoods, certainly one can have an appreciation for what the tourism industry, what it is to send Russians. Understanding that there was a time when our livelihoods were being supported by some other practices. But the tourism industry as we know it has been an industry that has taken shape on the coastal areas and some communities modern others. Mr. Speaker, the community tourism initiative seeks to bring out a balance, equity as well as apply the principle of social justice as it relates to persons having access to proper dignified livelihood, a proper day of work. But Mr. Speaker, I wish to also highlight within the communities or the constituency of castries, south-east, two areas of significant importance that has not happened. The forestry trail to Peterfrog is a significant landmark and I'm hoping in fact myself and the Minister of Tourism have had discussion of that and he has promised in a meeting in forestry that he would make that a reality and I'm speaking about the Minister of Tourism. He did agree that he will make this trail a reality because we have persons in time past persons used to visit forestry to walk up that forestry just to be able to get one of the most important view of the entire island, Paranomic View and we need to bring this alive. I'm also happy Mr. Speaker that we will see a lot happening to the Wavin-Puasso disaster. We have now established a trail and a place where we will establish some architecture with some memorial to bring alive one of the most significant disaster that has taken place in the history of Saint Lucia where visitors would be allowed to come and visit. We are doing that along the path of the river bringing some sort of sensitivity to our natural environment whereas we are we are bringing to the minds of persons what happened that led to this major disaster where so many persons lost their lives. So these two important initiatives when I think of you know community tourism it brings that to mind and I cannot help Mr. Speaker as we speak of the evolution of our our livelihoods that the member for Mekun North is not there in his presentations earlier make reference sorry Mekun South sorry Mr. Speaker when you're not here tend to miss make a mistake but the member for Mekun South he didn't make that I'm asked the question on this side asking us how many of us have had certain kinds of how many of us have been able to work have been self-employed and while the being a former prime minister and the member for Mekun South and we're speaking about community tourism I ask myself the question how much he knows about the life of Saint Lucia because I recall that as things changes are wrong we adapt to respond to the to the environment to provide food for our children and I recall there was a time when young persons would go around marshal grounds selling icicles there's a time when persons would go out to to to to sell right bananas and I've participated in a number of things that has led me to where I am today but the the issue of community tourism actually brings a light you know this idea of persons you know independently pursuing the livelihood working in an environment that is encouraged by this government and this is powerful Mr. Speaker but Mr. Speaker will use an opportunity to address some deprivation some some deficit within our landscape and I'm happy that Castry South is will lead in that regard and that is why Mr. Speaker very soon you'll see the opening of a bus shelter the first of its kind with washrooms the first of its kind with washrooms Mr. Speaker's very often when we speak of providing for our people it's sometimes it seems it must be influenced by the tourism industry but community tourism reverses this it said if you provide for your people visitors will come and enjoy what you have and therefore this government is moving ahead and I'm happy that very soon you will see washrooms and a bus shelter at the the what's the name of your book at the boot a junction very soon you'll see this when you go up to when you get on a bus somewhere by banan and you are heading to Derry so and somebody stop off at that junction and have to wait for another bus to go all the way waiting there nowhere no washroom very soon you will see a bus shelter with washrooms you see we we many some years ago yes yes it's been led but the first one is near completed at the junction of Bella and Sarat and you will see the opening and I use the opportunity Mr. Speaker to cast the top and to put some some two barbers and a hairdresser they'll be paying a small rent to the council so they can exploit the livelihoods at the same time but but that's not all Mr. Speaker you see community tourism reminds me of something you see when this administration were campaigning in 2016 the member for me could solve described step in a particular way he said he saw women cutting grass with nowhere to urinate he said that but he came into power and he never built not one washroom to address the problem but likewise said earlier on we not people will talk we act and very soon we'll provide for people creating an environment so that community tourism is just is not about going through on the on the coast where they have the massive hotels but allowing visitors when they come through our island as they would have stayed away and imagine the various sites as the battle and this is another important initiative you know the the battle relay has has opened up solutions send Lucia to send Lucia's in a way that we have not seen before and I'm sure and I'm sure visitors paying attention to the battle relay they are seen interest in sight they're seen places and asking where is this location and they would be tempted to visit but we are not Bradley oh Microsoft well he's not taken part in it yeah well the battle relay is something that is for some special people but I'm telling you Mr. Speaker what I think is important important to me about community tourism is that it forces to move and provide for people as against going and provide for visitors when visitors when we provide for people when we develop our place and the minister of tourism I am I want him to to appreciate that castry surface is a constituency that when you leave the national when you leave the international airport you must pass through castry surface and our roads of course during the new financial year must look like a place that when people passing that we feel proud about it it's not what it's supposed to be at this time so community tourism tells us that we must prepare our place for ourselves a place that we are proud of so that when visitors come we can share it with them so Mr. Speaker I am happy for the investment but I'm more more importantly as the minister responsible for our popular vulnerable population I am happy that our people will receive and will benefit from community tourism because the investment made will impact every household and every community indirectly and directly because we would have prepared our place for people this is the real tourism it is not the kind of tourism where you have slave a sort of a slave house on the coast where persons are leaving the children behind all night and have to suffer the social breakdown and social mess up of our fabric community tourism is truly the concept that was that is featured in the bible story of the protocol of the good Samaritan sorry because he found somebody on the roadside hurt and was able to get that person and placed in an in because provision was made before this thing happened so Mr. Speaker I am happy that community tourism embraces the principle of physical development and planning it embraces the the ministry of equity and community development it embraces local government and the upkeep of our entire community because if you have the the um if you have a better a bread and breakfast or a place in in in a Wendell hill the road leading to a Wendell hill must we must consider that you cannot you cannot say that you're not having that person in in at the back of of of Shabbat cannot participate in community tourism because the road they're not good no and there's a there you cannot I'm asked somebody not to participate because you have dumping of garbage somewhere in a location no it means that our entire community our entire island must be kept in a certain condition because anywhere you can have products where our people need to be embraced so this is brilliant this is this is a this is a prime minister that is pushing this country forward and if if there was a definition of putting people's first I think it is captured in this initiative of community tourism more than anything so when the the the member for Miku South said we're just changing the name we are not just changing the name we have changed we're changing the name we're changing the game and we're changing the aspect of how we cater for people because the people of St. Lucia indeed are special to us and Mr. Speaker finally on on the matter of just just to just to end on this note I want to leave this with this house with every member here Mr. Speaker when I just got into this business of politics living SSDF I was not one who embraced tourism I used to speak about tourism like I couldn't be bothered with it I but I got to appreciate this contribution to the welfare of our people but one of the things I want to leave with us that I do not appreciate at times that is only when visitors are coming to a particular look locality we think of making provision for them our visitors must come and enjoy what provision is made for our people so do not tell me that they need a toilet or washroom because visitors are coming no they need washrooms because our people need washrooms when visitors come they'll use the washrooms and submit there for them this is the kind of development that makes community tourism alive and well this is the kind of community tourism reason why Mr. Speaker because when you when you sit here at this chair you cannot forget where you used to walk when you were younger on the street with your girlfriend going to a party and she needed to use a washroom what is it acceptable that she must go at the back of a vehicle is it acceptable that she must knock on some body's door and ask permission is it is it is it acceptable that that it's normal for us to do it in the way and then when they behave in the way that they behave we find all kinds of way to describe them but provision is not made for them to behave differently community tourism accentuate the point that we're not just providing for people but we are lifting our people and this is what we must always remember that when we sit here we must not forget the streets that we work on we must not forget the experiences that we have had the deprivation that we have seen it out there when we come in we must remember it and go back there and fix it this is what we are doing here in community tourism I thank you for this opportunity Mr. Speaker