(CNS): Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart has said that Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan should apologise for committing “a cruel hoax on Caymanians who found themselves needing assistance during a global pandemic through no fault of their own”, following Bryan’s suggestion that the threat to cut the stipend to tourism workers was a “scare tactic”.
McTaggart accused the PACT Government of “playing games with the public” and that both the minister and the wider government seemingly misled the public about plans to reduce the stipend for what was believed to be economic reasons. However, Bryan claimed it was “tactic” to get the unemployed to register with WORC.
In the wake of the opposition leader’s comments, Premier Wayne Panton released a statement about the tourism minister’s comments and to clarify that government’s plan is to retain the stipend for as long as it is needed but to taper the payments once the tourism sector is up and running again. The premier said his minister was caught up in the moment on the radio fielding questions from callers.
“Our minister of tourism is doing a great job and taking care of our people within the industry,” Panton said. “His indication that the stipend was to be reduced to incentivize people to get jobs was a mis-step. He was seeking to express his desire to both support tourism workers and motivate them to seek ways to help themselves. He is a human being who, like all of us, will occasionally be a little less than perfect.”
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