THE BIG INTERVIEW: Canegata On Changing Business Climate In VI, His Disagreement With Coffelt On Medicinal Marijuana, High Taxes And More

John Canegata is a Republican, but he’d rather be called a Virgin Islander.

“Listen to my values: I respect the constitution; I believe in personal responsibility, the sanctity of life and limited government,” Canegata told the VI Consortium in our “Big Interview” series with Soraya Diase-Cofflet, the gubernatorial candidate to which he is running-mate.

Canegata also spoke on a myriad of topics–from rebuilding the Virgin Islands’ economy to his ideas for the energy crisis, his disagreement with Coffelt’s stance on the medicinal use of marijuana, and much more.

See it all in the video below.

Video and Photo Credit: Kendall Jones

Music: “Blessed are the Merciful” by Beautiful Eulogy

Ernice Gilbert
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