Christopher Sinckler is
proud product of the St. Michael North West constituency he now seeks to represent. By dint of
hard work, this son of a single parent household, with a
working class background, has used every opportunity provided
by community and country to rise to the height of his
intellectual powers. He has used these talents to help many
poor citizens in Barbados and further afield in the Caribbean,
Africa, Latin America and Asia. He is now ready to commit to
representing the people of St. Michael North West and Barbados
as a whole.
Chris is deeply concerned about the fact that
while our leaders boast of how well we are doing as a country,
many in Barbados continue to suffer. Women (especially single
mothers), small farmers, young people and the unemployed are
being systematically excluded from the gains which Barbados
has enjoyed since independence. The gap between rich and poor
has widened every day during the last decade. He argues that
Barbadians must halt this slide now by electing a new and more
caring DLP government.
Chris Sinckler wants to see Barbados move to
a new stage of economic and social development. He has a
vision of a Barbados in which economic policy is used not just
to further enrich the wealthy, but to liberate people from the
indignity of poverty and social exclusion; where social
services such as education, health care and housing are rights
guaranteed to all Barbadians and not privileges reserved for
the few. This will require the full participation of all
Barbadians in policy development and implementation; and will
mean the building of stronger, safer and more active
communities which are fully involved in the management of this
country.
Christopher Peter Sinckler holds a Masters Degree in International Trade Policy (UWI),
and is a 1990 honours graduate of the University of the West
Indies in Political Science. A Specialist in International
Trade he is currently Executive Director of Caribbean Policy
Development Centre, the largest and most successful regional
policy research and advocacy NGO in the Caribbean. In his near
20 years as a policy analyst he has worked extensively with
regional and international organisations, such as the World
Bank, IMF, WTO, United Nations and CARICOM petitioning to
protect the livelihoods of disadvantaged groups. He is a
lecturer in "Small Economies & Contemporary Trade Policy
Issues" for the Masters in International Trade Policy
Programme at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the
West Indies. Chris Sinckler is the current General Secretary
of the Democratic Labour Party.
Chris is married to Arlyn Mayers and they
have three children - Tatyana, Che and Niccolo. |
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