Motions
Private Motion: Reactivation of Construction Projects
House of Representatives - 1st Session - 5th Republican Parliament
WHEREAS the construction sector is one of the largest contributors to employment in Trinidad and Tobago; and
WHEREAS official Central Statistical Office (CSO) statistics indicate that there are approximately 30,000 unemployed persons in the sector at present; and
WHEREAS the former Government, the previous People's National Movement (PNM) administration, had allocated resources and had undertaken the required preparatory work for a number of major construction projects to commence and/or continue in 1996; and
WHEREAS the present Government has suspended, terminated or otherwise cancelled several of these construction projects, thereby reducing the potential for employment in the construction sector:
BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House condemn this action by the present Government and urge the Government to reactivate the construction projects which have been suspended, terminated or cancelled: and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this House also urge the Government to present to this House a credible policy for the initiation and development of public sector construction programmes for the generation of employment in that sector and for the refurbishment and/or upgrading of the national physical infrastructure.
(By the Member for Diego Martin East)