 Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I stand to support this motion, this resolution, Mr. Speaker. Moved by the Prime Minister to borrow $9.71 million to assist the fire service in various ways. Mr. Speaker, I want to spend a few minutes just to place on record and to register the appreciation of the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs to the fire officers who continue to give all that they can to the welfare of the people of St. Lucia. But I want to point out the performance of the fire officers during the heights of the COVID-19 pandemic in particular. Mr. Speaker, many people will know that during the heights of the COVID-19 pandemic, even family members became very afraid of their own relatives who they, for the first time in their lives, they witnessed things happening to the bodies of their families that they themselves could not handle. Even in some quarters, Mr. Speaker, it was difficult for other professionals to handle the victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the fire officers had to get up at every call and to handle the COVID-19 victims until they got to the Victoria Hospital or other medical facility. At that time, many of them could not handle it psychologically. And I have many stories from doctors at Victoria Hospital who indicated to me, Mr. Speaker, that there were many fire officers upon their arrival at Victoria Hospital. After having delivered the patients to the Victoria Hospital, just could not stand it and could not bear it and they would just burst into tears. So Mr. Speaker, it is very heartwarming to see this Prime Minister coming to the house and presenting this opportunity, presenting to the people of St. Lucia this injection of support to the fire service and I wish as Minister for Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs to put my support right up with the other colleagues. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the officers and in particular I want to thank the acting fire chief for many, many years, many years ago, Mr. Speaker, long before we were in government as a member of parliament in opposition, the acting fire chief came to my office, Mr. Ditney Downs and had a long meeting with me and he did not know if we would have been in government but he said to me, here are the concerns of the fire service. Here are so many concerns and we believe that these concerns need to be addressed and I took down the notes that day and I could not believe some of the things that Mr. Downs told me. I could not believe some of the pressures and some of the experiences that they were going through. So I'm very happy, Mr. Speaker, that I'm part of a government today and we are able to demonstrate to the fire service that we indeed will put them first. We indeed will look at their struggles and try our very best to assist. You can see very well, Mr. Speaker, you can see very clearly that we are different government. Very clearly, Mr. Speaker, our priorities are different. Very clearly, close to two and a half years, every time we come to the parliament, whether it be to borrow money, you can see that we are different. Look at the terms, Mr. Speaker. Look at the repayment terms. Look at what we are borrowing money for and clearly we are different to the last government and the difference is like night and day. And let me just detour a little, Mr. Speaker. This morning the press pressured me a little about horse racing and they said I went down to Viewfort to talk about horse racing and they are saying to me, what is different? Why couldn't we boast the DSH and the people are having horse racing and I'm talking about it. Again, I said to them, Mr. Speaker, we are different government, very, very different. We look at things differently. What is being organized in Viewfort is not being organized by the government. It's being organized by young people, positive people. It is not the government. This is not the government. The Southern Equestrian Association, together with other horse, lovers of horses in Grozily and everywhere around St. Lucia, they have come together and Mr. Renokajara is providing the equipment and materials. This is, we have St. Lucia coming together to do something wonderful and the government is happy about it. This is not about us, it's about the people. It's about the people and there is a big difference. We didn't spend 13 million dollars to build a road for the horse racing track. The people have decided to come and the young people from Viewfort have had the horse races for many, many years along the way Dr. Kenny Anthony came and has been supporting them and so that is how this government operates. If the people are doing something positive, then we praise it for the people and that's why we are different. Look at what we have done for the police and the member for Castry Central spoke a little about it. In less than two and a half years, look at what we have done for Bordelay and look at what the Minister for Home Affairs is doing with the protective services and the Minister for National Security. Just this morning, support to the police service with drones from the government and people of Taiwan, vehicles for the police, training for the police, the introduction of the training vote for the police, the divisional headquarters up at Grozile, which the Prime Minister spoke about and other essentials for the police. We are very different, Mr. Speaker and our priorities are different. We continue to put the people first and I continue to support this Prime Minister and support the initiatives and I want to say to you Mr. Speaker I support what the Prime Minister has done this morning and I look forward to the fire service Yes, we have a lot more to do but I look forward to the fire service getting the assistance because their services are part of the overall healthcare system. Many people would not associate the services of the firemen and firewomen with a good healthcare system but just think about it if there is an unfortunate accident and the fire service as efficient as they are they get to the scene do what they have to do as professionals and transfer the patients to the hospitals or to the nearest health facility in record time while these patients are being transported they are on the ambulance receiving medical services even before they get to the hospital so the fire service is an integral part of the healthcare system integral part of the healthcare system so when the PM the Prime Minister speaks about the 2.5% for health and security and we come here this morning to speak about 9.71 million dollars for the fire service as Minister for Health hear what I'm saying and in that too Muza because it's as if you know it's really for healthcare also because the emergency services form an integral part of the healthcare system and when we support the emergency services whether it be the police whether it be and especially the fire service we are supporting healthcare the overall reform of healthcare in St. Lucia so Mr. Speaker they said good morning Prime Minister 9.7 million dollars million dollars for the Caribbean Development Bank to help these firefighters we have the firefighters in English we have the fire service with whom did they do it they got the ambulance they got the fire truck they got the insurance they developed a place for the fire service and the police they got the insurance they got the insurance they gave the fire service they got the police they got the insurance they got the insurance they were provided they got the service Please this Opposition and the MEP take a look at this right here pē yē kē rē kē rēiven èk puta yēh sē mumsnēadianè sē machinō bē sē rána di fēsu drones praying metēyo addę ambulanceword�anteni ki'tjīk le ka metēyo addę ambulance lā es'ėne t熊 tretnīn næ e'ekʔtheme какие pō levew sē mumsnēக yë kā metēk rolling the butt ɛpěk yʔ kan metēyo addī dah ambul gan sē yeastz gēts sē mumsnē crawl in a ambulance sēäfyā r sįï əs le C'est moun sa la ten COVID-19, ta la ten, nuni COVID tu jou he, me ta la ten y'en shai COVID, ewek moun ka le l'hôpital, moun pa sa pon l'espia tion, moun ma l'ad, la ni y'en shai moun jik fami, a d'en shai moun, ki pa te sa o sa po fe, ewek se poun piera, te ka mete, u kakwe y'o se, y'o ka le en space, la we y'o, pa te ka kondet y'o, y'o ni, to te kalte hazma, to te kalte bagai, u kakwe se, am rocket scientist, se moun sa ewek y'o ten to ale, ale pon se jen, ki ma l'adla, ewek meneyo, victoria hospital, ewek ne potlot l'hôpital, ewek se doktia ki un victoria, te ka dimwe, la ni le se, se jofa en service la, te ka ni o ten pressure, pu sa y'o ka we moun ka le foodi, le y'o ale, ek se moun akwe y'o tohta, malerezma le yoi ve, se moun sa preske moun, ek sa te ka affecte yo telma, le yoi ve, victoria hospital, se doktia ka dimwe, adle se, fire money, fire women, te ka just play way, paske yo, yo pa sa ek jen, le yoi ve l'hôpital la, y'o rajera lot kol, y'o ni po ale kastri, y'o ni po ale lot kote, ten ko vitzala, se te ka ten, ki meneyo shai, bagai by se fire service la, se moun ka toha van fire service la, ko, menisla ki nwesko sabi pu sa te, moun vrei di se moun sa la, mesi nshai, la ni ten ko premier menisla, mem jadi, kote nukai ni puni yo, go se sion, go pa hola le, ko vitznaf, ek se moun na ki sufki, ki fe sacrifice pu asi weki, nw sevaivza fe ko vitznaf sa la, so I wish to support the prime minister, missa speaker and give my full support to this loan, thank you very much.