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E. Grant Gibbons

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12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker , I actually would like to do that. My understanding was that our Whip had said that we would proceed. It is a tec hnical Bill.
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Okay. All right. Well, Mr. Speaker —
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, yes.
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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No, that is not acceptable.
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . Well, I guess , let me start by saying if there was any doubt that the Opposition was in election mode, they have certainly confirmed it tonight. Mr. Speaker , I think you and I have been around for quite some time, and I think we all know that the Opposition is quite prepared to …
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Sorry, Madam Deputy Speaker , we have also had a lot of alternative facts thrown around tonight as well. But I think the Honourable Member , Mr. Brown , from [constituency] 17 put it very well. At the end of the day the community is going to have to fi gure who they want , when an election is called, …
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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—is unabashedly dismal in terms of the current Government and the — [Inaudible interjections] [Gavel]
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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—former PLP Government when it comes to Bermudian jobs. Over 3,700 Bermudian jobs were lost from 2000 to 2012. It was a consistent — [Inaudible interjection]
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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—it was a consistent . . . a consistent record over time in the number of filled jobs.
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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The real trouble though, Madam Deputy Speaker, started in about 2008 when . . . from 2008 to 2012 something like a little o ver 2,000 Bermudian jobs were lost. And then, as the record will show, there were also something on the order of 3,000 non- Bermudian jobs. And so the challenge that the current One Bermuda Alliance Government …
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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—at the same time, there has also been job loss — Hon. E. David Burt: Point of order. Point of order,
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker . And I appreciate the Honourable Member ’s question. There is an issue of net jobs versus jobs created. And the point that I think the Honourable Premier was saying was that we are probably well over 2,000 jobs that have been created. There are 1662 12 May 2017 Official Hansard Report Bermuda Hous e …
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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We must be getting near the target when you start to get flack. So what I am talking about is job creation now, okay? What the statistics will show is both job creation and job loss and they netted out. But I think it is fair to say — Hon. E. David Burt: Point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker .
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Honourable Member is not listening. What I said was there was a 2,000 job growth we b elieve, at least. And the data that I referred to some time ago in terms of the economic debate was jobs coming . . . job growth shown , or new jobs shown by the Tax Commissioner. …
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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—in the civil service?
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Madam Deputy Speaker, I was very clear. I said, and I have reported to this House before, over 450 that come from direct America’s Cup- related jobs, which means ACBDA has basically facilitated— [Inaudible interjection]
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, 450 Bermudian. There is another probably 50 or so with the South Basin land reclamation that are non- Bermudian. But anyway, these are jobs that were supported by ACBDA dollars, okay? So, what I did say was I do not have factual information on it, but Andrew Dias bas ically felt that he had about something on the order …
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes. He probably — [Inaudible interjection]
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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He probably . . . he probably should. But I guess, Madam Deputy Speaker, I think the facts of the matter are that we have had a real increase in confidence, in new company formation— these are real facts, they are not alternative facts — over the last couple of years. And as I said before, the Premier has acknowledged …
12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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—it was not easy . We were left with a huge deficit position. We were left with . . . the former Government ran up an unprec edented debt by 700 per cent in a number of years . A 700 per cent increase in debt ! The largest ministry out there is not a ministry; it is debt service …