00:00If they take a little more look at our industry and concentrate and work with us to fix our industry, a lot of foreign exchange could come into Trinidad because the minister actually had a meeting with us and they would have discussed that our industry needs to look at because our industry is bringing foreign exchange.
00:22Ferguson also commented on the mass dismissals of workers at CPEP, URP and other government programs, noting that while the scrap iron industry creates jobs, there is still a critical need for government to generate employment in lower income communities and hotspot areas.
00:42He warns that the lack of opportunities can drive people into crime.
00:47I mean to say, that's why sometimes the people in charge need to go on the ground and find out.
00:54You see, if you're dismissing people from employment in the ghetto, if you understand what it is, when a man's back is against the wall, it's where you turn to anything to help out the family.
01:08And when you turn to anything to help out this family, crime is one of these things.
01:12Ferguson is urging the government to invest in resources in vulnerable communities to create jobs.
01:20While he acknowledges the administration's efforts to stamp out corruption, he emphasizes the need to address both sides of the coin, providing opportunities for citizens while enforcing the law.
01:32Whilst you want to fix things, you have to fix things with other things that you must have to think about.
01:40How you fix it by arm and you're taking away from people, you have something to give them, whilst you're fixing it.
01:47There's no take away employment from people and you have nothing to give them.
01:51And it's months taking, months going by, and that is bad, and I think that we need to fix all of these things.
01:57The Prime Minister has assured the budget will be laid in the Parliament in early October.
02:03Nicole M. Romany, TV6 News.
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