By NOELLE NICOLLS

Tribune Staff Reporter

nnicolls@tribunemedia.net

If Baha Mar drains the labour pool of Bahamian workers then contractors will be left twiddling their thumbs, according to the Bahamas Contractors Association.

Stephen Wrinkle, BCA president said the project could drain the country of workers in a "New York minute", and leave Bahamian contractors "left on the side lines." It has happened before and it could happen again, he said. "(Atlantis) drained our labour pool and caused the labour rates to go up; the supply of skilled labour was at a bare minimum for local contractors. It was that experience that caused us to learn you cannot just take the labour. ...

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