July 19, 2002

Dear Sir,

Apparently, the Government has difficulty with informing the people of this island correctly, concerning Caricom.

From the mouths of their own officials, their agenda is in full cooperation with the United Nations Charter on Hemispheric Integration; In short, UN Regionalism.

And why didn't our Government inform us about the Summit of the Americas meeting held by 34 countries of the Western Hemisphere? This meeting, the third in eight years, is of special significance because Caricom was represented.

The meeting was held in April, 2002 in Quebec, Canada. Imagine my surprise to learn that the agenda was political and economic integration! Now, I don't recall ever hearing anything like that at the Caricom meetings our government held, and I attended all of them!

How does Bermuda plan to become an associate member of an organisation that endeavours to fulfil the United Nations charter on political and economic integration? Caribbean newspapers, long before there was even the suggestion of a public meeting, had already quoted Premier Jennifer Smith as stating that the island was ready to move forward into membership with Caricom. Why didn't she bother to show up and address her public at these meetings, to voice her confidence in what she has freely expressed to those on the outside?

What I did find interesting was that the only matter of importance, which our leaders appeared to be drilling into the heads of us, less-informed folk were ancestral roots to the Caribbean - the point being...the fact remains; Bermuda cannot become an associate member of an organisation that is looking to integrate into North America at the behest of the United Nations.

If all these countries are integrating politically and economically, Bermuda can only become a full member of Caricom to avoid isolation, which the Premier described to foreign press, as not being a "good recipe for success". Is full membership the eventual plan? Has this island been instructed to join Caricom? I believe 'Globalisation' and an end to national sovereignty is the target, only how to perform it without stirring too much attention?

Bermuda has adopted so many UN treaties we are practically a member nation. Our Education Reform is also a UN initiative, which is precisely why home schools are in trouble, but that's another letter. The speeches and comments made by our political leaders are nothing more then regurgitated globalist rhetoric, which they want everyone else to believe. I have a dark suspicion that one day Bermuda will wake and find themselves as prisoners, held captive by juicy corporate scandals, Hegelian manipulation and other distractions, designed to keep our eyes and minds far removed from what is really happening right under our noses.

V. L. YOUNG

Southampton