00:00I don't want us to get to the place where our economic fortunes are in jeopardy because we can't lose
00:09each other.
00:10There are investors looking on at Toronto right now who might be wondering whether this is a good place to
00:16bring foreign direct investment.
00:18There are tourists who might be looking on wondering whether this is a safe place to have a vacation.
00:26Director of the Lowlands Mosque and member of the Tobago Faith-based Council, Camille Alley, condemned the ongoing race talk
00:34and urged those in positions of authority to do better.
00:38His comments came during a meeting on Wednesday night while representatives of various faiths gathered to voice their concern over
00:47the racial tensions being expressed in Trinidad
00:50under the umbrella of the Tobago Faith-based Council and the president of the inter-religious organization, Dr. Ellis Boris.
00:59We condemn this in the high school.
01:04At this day and age, we should never have these talks going on.
01:08Because what it does, it incites and it divides us as a people.
01:15A united effort to speak against racism and even the infraction within our society.
01:25I think it's a great initiative because in Tobago we have a wonderful model that we always express
01:31where we come together and we don't see this.
01:36We see this humanity.
01:50Dr. Williams never harbored the thought or even conceived of the thought that there would be the kind of racial
02:02situation that is taking place in the country today.
02:05Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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