Speeches by Dr. Douglas De Couto, JP, MP

4 Oct 2023 Senate

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I do not believe that Senator Darrell has any idea what we would like or not like. And I would appreciate his refraining from interpolating for us. Thank you, Madam President. Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: Madam President, I can focus my debate and my speech on the things that they did not say. And as a Member, the Minister …

4 Oct 2023 Senate

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Thank you, Madam President, and thank you for the opportunity to speak on this Bill. We want to be clear. We generally support this Bill, the aims of this Bill. We also want to be clear [about] our empathy and sensitivity for the people work-ing in Financial Assistance. It is a tough job, Madam President. They are both there to …

4 Oct 2023 Senate

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Thank you, Madam Chairman. It is interesting because if we think about the law . . . again, I am not a lawyer. But think about even policies and procedures. It is not enough to say, Hey, this law might not be that great, but no one has ever abused it. That is not how it operates. What we need …

4 Oct 2023 Senate

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Point of information, Madam Chairman. Point of information. Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: I really do not have time for his information, Madam Chairman. Can I continue on?

4 Oct 2023 Senate

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Point of order, Madam Chairman.

4 Oct 2023 Senate

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The Senator is misrepresenting the amendment, which is not related to the as-sault and threats. It is just related to use of language, Madam Chairman. Thank you. The President: Thank you, Senator De Couto. Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: Well, it is language if someone is saying that this is what they are going to do. Let me give you …

4 Oct 2023 Senate

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Point of order, Madam Chairman. Sen. Kiernan Bell: What is your point of order, Senator De Couto? POINT OF ORDER

4 Oct 2023 Senate

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Once again the Senator is inferring that we do not support that, protecting that officer. Again, we are we taking . . . the amendment that is proposed by my colleague is only about the clause around the use of foul language, not obstruction or threats and so forth. Thank you, Madam Chairman. Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: Madam Chairman, …

4 Oct 2023 Senate

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Thank you, Madam President. Some of you may know that the Gold Cup Invitational Match Racing regatta is occurring this week. It is a long, very, very long running international sailing competition. One of the oldest ones and quite prestig-ious in the form of match racing one on one. And it is where America’s Cup and many other international sailing …

4 Oct 2023 Senate

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Thank you, Madam President. I appreciate the opportunity to speak. It has been awhile since we have met and there has been quite a lot of activity that I feel the need to comment [about] on behalf of the people of Bermuda. Obviously we have had this Government hack; BELCO bills; taxes; education; roads, Madam Presi-dent, the roads; the Fairmont …

4 Oct 2023 Senate

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All right. Let me put it more bluntly, if you will allow, Madam President. Frankly, the Premier is either misleading himself or misleading the people if he says what is going on with the Government now is an example of resilience— Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: Madam President, point of order once again.

4 Oct 2023 Senate

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—and there are many, many examples. The President: Minister Darrell, what is your point of order? POINT OF ORDER [Misleading] Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: I know that Senator De Couto wishes that he sits in the House of Assembly, or another place, and I know it really pains him that he is not there, but the Leader of the …

4 Oct 2023 Senate

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I will move on, but I would just like to note that the Senator has completely mis-represented what I said with respect to the Premier’s 646 4 October 2023 Official Hansard Report Bermuda Senate public comments on international TV, Internet news stations. Another thing that I have learned with respect to national taxes has come out and said that we …

4 Oct 2023 Senate

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Point of order, Madam President . He is misleading the Senate and imputing improper motive . . . and I am not having it. Thank you. Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: —public access to government services, Madam President . The Senator failed to point out that there was extensive consultation last week which the Premier laid out in another place …

26 Jul 2023 Senate

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Thank you, Madam President. While we are covering questions on the CCTV, I note that we talked about a facial recognition and the number plates recognition. I think another word for that might be the ANPR, which you will hear about in many other jurisdictions (or automatic number plate recognition). So my questions are related to those two fea-tures. Number …

26 Jul 2023 Senate

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It is a supplementary. The President: Yes. SUPPLEMENTARY

26 Jul 2023 Senate

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My question is, Is there a specific plan to use those features to do automatic ticketing or something like that? Or is there not currently a plan? Thank you, Madam President. The President: Thank you.

26 Jul 2023 Senate

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Yes. Thank you, Madam President. My second question is related to the facial recognition and also the automated number plate recognition. And I want to just preface the question by saying that this system, we support. It is a valuable and important tool for public safety that frankly I think most people on the Island have been really waiting for. …

26 Jul 2023 Senate

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Yes. Thank you. What would the timelines be and when should we expect to hear more about the policies with respect to the personal data captured by these systems and putting into play the advanced features of these sys-tems? Thank you. The President: Thank you, Senator De Couto.

26 Jul 2023 Senate

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Thank you very much, Madam President, and thank you, Minister, for that fulsome presentation. A pension is a promise. We have heard a lot about promises recently. And I just want to do a recap of the different kinds of pensions to really set the table for my discussion on this, Madam President. The Min-ister did briefly allude to it. …