by Rick Lowe
The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce has taken a stand on behalf of its membership by going public in an effort to get the government to take their views into account when drafting the so-called Consumer Protection Act.
The Chamber’s mandate is to assist government with the views of the Bahamian business community when new legislation is proposed.
It is almost criminal that a government ministry does not even respond in writing with reasons for accepting – or not accepting – the input of the business sector!
What do you think?
Maybe you should look at both sides before posting:
http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=45&a=5614
you call that weak tea “taking a stand”?
The MTI circulated a poorly drafted bill and has all but ignored the voluntary and constructive hard work of dozens of civil society representatives. I wrote an article on this for Tough Call a year ago that illustrated the most inane provisions of the bill. Have you read the Chamber’s comments? The country deserves more than brainless populist rhetoric and high-handedness from our highly-paid politicos.
Many home remedies call for ‘weak tea’ because purging isn’t an option. The question needs to be whether to have a Chamber that makes a contribution than not to have one at all.