Editing Patrick Manning (section)

== "Manning Initiative(s)" ==
=== The Barbados, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago initiative ===
In 1991 Barbados and the Co-Operative Republic of Guyana attempted moves towards forming a tri-state confederation<ref>{{cite journal |last=Manning |first=Patrick |date=26 January 1996 |title=9th Sitting – 1st Session – 5th Parliament |journal=[[Hansard]] |page=15 |publisher=[[Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago]] |accessdate=20 December 2010 |url=http://www.ttparliament.org/hansards/hh19960126.pdf |quote=In 1991, an initiative was announced by us (Trinidad and Tobago) which involved economic and eventually political association—and in this instance it was expressly stated, political association—between Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Guyana. That approach came about because of a recognition of the advantages to be gained by the respective populations involved. |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032323/http://www.ttparliament.org/hansards/hh19960126.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> consisting of Barbados, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chasing after an elusive union |author=Staff writer |url=http://jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20030720T080000-0500_46578_OBS_CHASING_AFTER_AN_ELUSIVE_UNION.asp |newspaper=[[Jamaica Observer]] |date=20 July 2003 |accessdate=14 December 2010 |quote=Nationals of those three countries enthusiastically hailed what came to be known as "The Manning Initiative". It was to remain an initiative without form or substance for more than a year until late 1993 when the then prime minister of Barbados, [[Erskine Sandiford]], produced, with the assistance of his Attorney-General Maurice King, a working document that had at its core, a tri-state confederation of Barbados, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926230047/http://jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20030720T080000-0500_46578_OBS_CHASING_AFTER_AN_ELUSIVE_UNION.asp |archive-date=26 September 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Manning strategic initiative |url=http://www.stabroeknews.com/ |newspaper=Guyana Stabroek newspaper |date=25 April 2007 |accessdate=14 December 2010 |quote=When he first became prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago in 1991–95, Mr Patrick Manning tried to float a political and economic union among Barbados, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. Dubbed the 'Manning Initiative,' the effort sank into oblivion, the victim of benign but unenthusiastic interest. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070425000000/http://www.stabroeknews.com/ |archive-date=25 April 2007 }} [http://www.landofsixpeoples.com/news702/ns070425.html Alt URL]</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Another Manning Initiative |author=Staff writer |url=http://www.stabroeknews.com/2008/opinion/editorial/08/22/another-manning-initiative/ |newspaper=Stabroek newspaper  |date=22 August 2008 |accessdate=14 December 2010 |quote=Some will also recall the 1992 "Manning Initiative", which proposed a federation of Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Guyana. This did not go anywhere as the concept was never satisfactorily fleshed out nor explained, at least not in public. }}</ref> Manning pitched the initiative for the tri-state area to enter into some form of political union or political association.  This initiative was short lived and did not proceed following the [[Democratic Labour Party (Barbados)|Democratic Labour Party]]'s defeat during the [[Barbadian general election, 1994|1994 elections]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Done That |author=Staff writer |url=http://www.nationnews.com/StoryView.cfm?Record=40082&Section=Local&Current=2003%2D07%2D14%2000%3A00%3A00 |newspaper=[[The Daily Nation (Barbados)|Nation Newspaper]] |date=14 July 2003 |accessdate=20 December 2010 |quote="I (Sir Lloyd Sandiford) sat and worked with the then Attorney-General of Barbados, Maurice King QC, to put together a confederal framework. We drew up the framework, but certain developments arose. I became ill and there was a delay caused by my illness. "After that, Barbados ran headlong into a political crisis. Then there was a change in the Trinidad government and all of these developments prevented us from discussing the framework and taking steps to push it forward," Sir Lloyd added. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030714000000/http://www.nationnews.com/StoryView.cfm?Record=40082&Section=Local&Current=2003%2D07%2D14%2000%3A00%3A00 |archive-date=14 July 2003 }} [https://archive.today/20120712102316/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/derumshoplime/message/18746 Alt URL]</ref>

=== The Eastern Caribbean Pipeline initiative ===
{{See also|Eastern Caribbean Gas Pipeline}}

=== The Trinidad & Tobago—Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States initiative ===
{{See also|Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States##Political union with Trinidad and Tobago}}