Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre and Opposition Leader Allen Chastanet this week shared starkly contrasting perspectives on the Canelles Resort project, a Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP)-approved development that has sparked heated debate since its inception. The Saint Lucia Canelles Resort Real Estate Investment, the first CIP-approved initiative, broke ground in 2020 under the then-United Workers Party (UWP) government. Designed as two luxury all-inclusive resorts on a 160-acre site in Canelle, Micoud, the development has been overshadowed by delays, legal challenges, and allegations of mismanagement. After the Pierre administration assumed office in July 2021, work on the project resumed under