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E. Grant Gibbons

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25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes. They would be parking in car spaces. And actually, the Corporation has designated an area at Bull’s Head at the top to provide much more space for them, as well. Thank you.
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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No materiality. Hon. Wayne L. Fur bert: Materiality? Well, you have got too much; you do not think there is materiality. [Inaudible interjection] Hon. Wayne L. Furbert: As an accountant, Mr. Speaker, we go through . . . sometimes we do audits. And we say that the scope is, you look over $100,000 or maybe $1 million because the scope …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I thank honourable colleagues on both sides of the House for their contributions. I cannot say that I agreed with some of them, but I think it was a good debate. Actually, I was a little surprised. But then I had to smile when t he Leader of the Opposition stood up to do some …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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—I think Leo Si mmons — Hon. E. David Burt: Point of order, Mr. Speaker. Point of order. I call attention to—
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member seems to forget it was the former Gover nment that made GPS mandatory. Bermuda House of Assembly [Inaudible interjections]
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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The form er Government, Mr. Speaker. And I think — [Inaudible interjections]
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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But it does prove a point in a way. It proves a point that sometimes people find that as they get adjusted to things it is not as bad as they originally thought it was. And I think we have perhaps seen a similar scenario here—a huge misunderstanding in the beginning on this when it was first tabled. The Honourable …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker .
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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I think the issue was— [Inaudible interjection]
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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—that I was getting to—
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes. The issue that I am speaking to is the issue of sort of understanding what it is all about. And I think it is fair to say that there was a lot of misinformation out there and a lot of communication which, unfortunately, had to happen after the first piece of legislation was put down. As far as the …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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There is room . . . it has gone from about 51,000 down to about 47,000 vehicles on the road. So, actually, the opportunity is here for some additional vehicles, particularly if you have a continu-ing decline in livery cycles. The number of vehicles we are probably estimating here on the first go- round is probably something on the order …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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This was a poll that was prepared for the Bermuda Tourism Authority —
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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It was done in May 2015, and it was looking principally at visitors’ impressions of rental cars —not minicars, it was rental cars at that particular time—and just some of the highlights which I thought were interesting: In terms of trying to determine visitors’ typical use and perceptions of the various types of transportation options while in Bermuda, the results …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. Madam Chairman, I am going to move clauses . . . well, there are only six of them, so I am going to move clauses 1 through 6, unless there is an objection.
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Madam Chairman, as we have heard, this Bill is amending the Motor Car Act 1951 to include prov isions for a minicar livery scheme including the types of minicars that are available as a rental, the specif ications of and licence duty for these minicars, the l icence fee applicable for the operation of a minicar livery, and …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I think the Honourable Member answered his own question. Minicars are not covered in section 26 and therefore there is no problem.
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. And that is precisely the point. The minicar is not a car for hire, it is a minicar and it is covered in the provisions of the Bill.
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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I think this is . . . (I guess the bes t way to put it ) an issue of wording. In essence, these are minicars; they are not motor cars. But because of the way the legislation is written as the Motor Car Act we had to fit within that, otherwise there would have been, as it was explained …
25 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Madam Chairman. The Honourable Member has misquoted me terribly. What I have said is that this Bill clearly authorises minicars and minicars available for hire, it clearly authorises minicar liveries. There is no issue. It is a provision in the Bill to precisely authorise this, so there is not a problem. So, we are simply going to …