David Thompson's Speech at DLP Barbados (Canada) Launch - October 27, 2007
President's Message
Hello and thank you for visiting our website!
DLP Barbados (Canada) was formed just over two years ago as the Canadian branch of the Democratic Labour Party of Barbados. Thanks to the work being done by our Board members with the assistance of committed volunteers, over a relatively short period we have been able to register significant growth in membership and are already making a difference for Barbadians.
DLP Barbados (Canada) is committed to the Democratic Labour Party's Core Values and to furthering its philosophy, principles and interests and ultimately to furthering the interests of the people of Barbados in Canada and in Barbados.
This website is a portal through which you may enter our branch and the Party. We will keep you informed of our activities, our contributions to the Party and Barbados; and of the Party's continuing efforts and successes in improving the social economic order in Barbados.
We welcome your visits to our website and would like to have your feedback. So please send us an e-mail from time to time and share your thoughts with us.
Also, I invite you to join DLP Barbados (Canada) and help the Democratic Labour Party create a brighter future for Barbados. We look forward to welcoming you as a member of DLP Barbados (Canada) and of the Democratic Labour Party of Barbados.
Reynold Austin
DLP Barbados (Canada) was formed just over two years ago as the Canadian branch of the Democratic Labour Party of Barbados. Thanks to the work being done by our Board members with the assistance of committed volunteers, over a relatively short period we have been able to register significant growth in membership and are already making a difference for Barbadians.
DLP Barbados (Canada) is committed to the Democratic Labour Party's Core Values and to furthering its philosophy, principles and interests and ultimately to furthering the interests of the people of Barbados in Canada and in Barbados.
This website is a portal through which you may enter our branch and the Party. We will keep you informed of our activities, our contributions to the Party and Barbados; and of the Party's continuing efforts and successes in improving the social economic order in Barbados.
We welcome your visits to our website and would like to have your feedback. So please send us an e-mail from time to time and share your thoughts with us.
Also, I invite you to join DLP Barbados (Canada) and help the Democratic Labour Party create a brighter future for Barbados. We look forward to welcoming you as a member of DLP Barbados (Canada) and of the Democratic Labour Party of Barbados.
Reynold Austin
About DLP Barbados (Canada)
DLP Barbados (Canada) was founded in August 2007 by a group of Barbadians living in Ontario and Quebec to:
² Establish a Canadian branch of the DLP through which members of the party who reside in Canada may support the Party.
² Create an avenue through which Barbadians residing in Canada may make a contribution to Barbados politics.
² Support Barbados through providing financial, human and physical resources wherever possible.
² Foster and encourage collective effort by Barbadians residing in Canada in the interest of Barbados.
Incorporated federally in March 2009 as a not-for-profit organization, DLP Barbados (Canada) has the following objects:
² To develop and foster community spirit among Barbadians living in Canada.
² To promote and support social service, disaster relief, education and other community endeavours in aid of Barbadians in Canada and Barbados.
² To provide opportunities for ethno-cultural educational exchanges to create a better understanding between the Barbadian community and the
Canadian community.
² To cooperate with and support organizations in Barbados whose purposes are consistent with the objects of the corporation.
² To preserve and perpetuate the culture and traditions of Barbados.
Our Activities
To date our activities consist of:
² Fundraising to accommodate emergency and other support for Barbadians in Barbados and Canada.
² Recruiting members for the Democratic Labour Party from amongst Barbadians residing in Canada, with emphasis on the Greater Toronto Area and
Montreal.
Attended by Party leader and Prime Minister, David Thompson in 2008 and 2009, our annual dinner is attended by some 500 guests. Photos from our 2009 dinner can be seen in the Photo Gallery page.
Support for the Barbadian Community
Since inception, DLP Barbados (Canada) has made donations totalling CAD$9,500 to assist the Barbadian community. These donations were made to:
² Assist victims of the Britton's Hill tragedy.
² Cover the cost of shipping a total of 57 beds to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital over 2008 and 2009.
² Assist the seasonal agricultural workers who lost all their possessions in a fire at an Ontario farm.
² Provide a computer to a Barbadian student studying in Canada.
² Establish a Canadian branch of the DLP through which members of the party who reside in Canada may support the Party.
² Create an avenue through which Barbadians residing in Canada may make a contribution to Barbados politics.
² Support Barbados through providing financial, human and physical resources wherever possible.
² Foster and encourage collective effort by Barbadians residing in Canada in the interest of Barbados.
Incorporated federally in March 2009 as a not-for-profit organization, DLP Barbados (Canada) has the following objects:
² To develop and foster community spirit among Barbadians living in Canada.
² To promote and support social service, disaster relief, education and other community endeavours in aid of Barbadians in Canada and Barbados.
² To provide opportunities for ethno-cultural educational exchanges to create a better understanding between the Barbadian community and the
Canadian community.
² To cooperate with and support organizations in Barbados whose purposes are consistent with the objects of the corporation.
² To preserve and perpetuate the culture and traditions of Barbados.
Our Activities
To date our activities consist of:
² Fundraising to accommodate emergency and other support for Barbadians in Barbados and Canada.
² Recruiting members for the Democratic Labour Party from amongst Barbadians residing in Canada, with emphasis on the Greater Toronto Area and
Montreal.
Attended by Party leader and Prime Minister, David Thompson in 2008 and 2009, our annual dinner is attended by some 500 guests. Photos from our 2009 dinner can be seen in the Photo Gallery page.
Support for the Barbadian Community
Since inception, DLP Barbados (Canada) has made donations totalling CAD$9,500 to assist the Barbadian community. These donations were made to:
² Assist victims of the Britton's Hill tragedy.
² Cover the cost of shipping a total of 57 beds to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital over 2008 and 2009.
² Assist the seasonal agricultural workers who lost all their possessions in a fire at an Ontario farm.
² Provide a computer to a Barbadian student studying in Canada.
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