Rosie Douglas
A politician and human rights advocate from Dominica, Roosevelt Bernard "Rosie" Douglas. He presided as prime minister of Dominica from February 2000 until his untimely death eight months later.
Rosie Douglas is the son of the late Robert Bernard Douglas, a rich and conservative politician who gave his kids names such as Attlee, Adenauer, and Eisenhower. Before being admitted to study agriculture at the Ontario Agricultural College, Rosie Douglas completed her studies at Roseau, the capital of the Dominican Republic. He relocated to Montreal after earning his degree in agriculture to attend Sir George Williams University to pursue political science. Douglas worked as an assistant instructor in the Faculty of Political Science and rose to the position of President of the Conservative Student Union while a student at Sir George Williams.
Douglas ran an advocacy campaign in favor of Caribbean women immigrating to Canada using his experience in the Tory Party. The plan sought to provide housing options for black residents of standard housing, primarily in North Preston, Nova Scotia. Along with him, Canada is working to eliminate prejudice and provide equitable job opportunities for Black people. Douglas, however, broke away from the conservative movement when Joe Clark, the leader of the national student organization, refused to take on the problem of racism at the federal level. When he moved to live on an Indian reserve in Quebec and visited the black community in Nova Scotia in the 1960s, his political beliefs likewise underwent a dramatic transformation. He was so deeply touched by the deplorable black conditions there that he made the decision to spend the rest of his life bettering a lot of black people everywhere. Douglas advocated for socialist radical reformers throughout his political career. He led the DLP to victory against the United Workers Party, led by Prime Minister Edison James, in the legislative elections on January 31, 2000. On February 3, 2000, he was inaugurated after forming an agreement with the moderate Dominican Liberal Party.
Dominica's ambitious ambition to become a high-income economy has been outlined by Prime Minister Douglas. To develop a special connection with the European Union and forge closer relationships with the Labor Party, he inked a $300 million MOU with China to construct an international airport. Other social democrats in Scandinavia, Italy, and Portugal include Tony Blair's brother, Lionel Jospin's French Socialists, Gerhard Schroder's German Social Democrats, and others. The Black Congress should advocate for the Caribbean in Washington in the same manner that American Jews did for Israel, he specifically asked African-Americans to invest in Dominica.
