Speeches by Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly

77 words

And I am going to go slow, Mr. Speaker. On March 12, Mr. Speaker, the gross debt was $1.35 million . The Sinking Fund was $114 million, a net debt of $1.2 billion. When the OBA left, Mr. Speaker, the gross debt was $2 .5 billion, $150 million in the Sinking Fund, and the net debt was $2.4 billion, Mr. …

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly

21 words

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Honourable Member . . . I am not going to go back and forth, Mr. Speaker.

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly

136 words

But what I will say is this. And I will go a little bit slower, Mr. Speaker. What the Honourable Member is referring to is the information on March 2013, the gross debt was $1.5 billion, Sinking Fund $97 million, a net debt of $1.5 billion. That is what he is referring to, Mr. Speaker. But Mr. Speaker, the challenge …

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly

5 words

—I will move on. —

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly

66 words

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will come back. And now, Mr. Speaker, I know that there are many persons listening, Mr. Speaker. And so, I will say one more time that in March 31, 2012 the gross debt was $1.35 billion, the Sinking Fund [was] $114 million, the net debt was $1.2 billion. And when they left, Mr. Speaker, the …

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly

14 words

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We will stop this pop -up-and-down pop- down thing. [Laughter]

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly

25 words

And I will just say one more time, we can leave . . . Mr. Speaker, I know it is misuse of parliamentary language, right?

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly

63 words

I do not want to refer him to guacamole , so let’s leave it for now. And I will just say one more time, Mr. Speaker, that the information is that March 2012 the net debt was $1.2 billion, and when they left the next reporting period was $2.4 [billion]. And that is double. Mr. Speaker, one of the things …

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly

282 words

—I was referring to is that they say . . . And I will come back to this point, Mr. Speaker, just to say this , that what was a ( I guess ) concern, a nd it has not been spoken about before, and so I think I can say this. And that is, Mr. Speaker, that what I …

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly

97 words

Yes. And so, Mr. S peaker, what I will now say , though, in terms of . . . If it was correct that the OBA reply was the OBA reply on Friday and it was changed on Monday, what was the actual reply ? And is it simply applicable that the Honourable Cole Simmons —to use the Honoura ble …

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly

53 words

—I think I have made the point now, Mr. Speaker, in terms of why Bermuda loses. It is just as if, Mr. Speaker, we go back to the analogy of the 100- yard dash. Right? I f you start at the wrong spot or you somehow get disqualified, there is no race. [Laughter]

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly

141 words

And that is the reality in this case, Mr. Speaker. And it is a serious thing because now we have what we should have and do not have (I suppose) is no real rebuttal to what the PLP has done. Mr. Speaker, I earlier referred to . . . And the Honourable Cole Simmons thankfully gave me the illustration in …

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly

78 words

Right? But for some reason, Mr. Speaker, even on this document (Right? ) you have red on top going up and green on the bottom going down. And so, when I first saw it, I said, Oh my goodness! What has happened? And so , I do not know, Mr. Speaker, where we end up. And so Mr. Speaker, I …

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly

282 words

—the point, Mr. Speaker, in terms of , Where are we? What did they do? And in my opinion, it has been difficult to really understand and follow through. And no . . . they say . . . I am going to say what they say now because also, Mr. Speaker, I was not going to go there, but …

13 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly

207 words

If you were ineffective, i f you were lazy , if you were not achieving, i f you were not going over and beyond, they would not care about you. So that is why, Minister Hayward. And for every-one else: Take heart! They take notice of those who are doing a good job. You know you are doing a good …

10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly

721 words

Yes. Good evening to you, Mr. Speaker, and to my fellow Members and those in the listening audience. I just want to give a few brief comments act ually with respect to this land tax amendment. I will say that the idea of land tax in Bermuda has been a longstanding conversation in terms of what is the pur pose …

10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly

5 words

Yes. Good evening, Mr. Speaker.

10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly

127 words

So, Mr. Speaker, I arise on a positive note. I think it is a positive note. It is a talk about sports. This week has been a different week for me because I have had time to spend lots of time with respect to sports. And I have been excited. I just want to put on the record that obviously …

10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly

1,991 words

—which was at Interview Digital and Financial Literacy Section to the Dandy Town Youth Academy both football and netball players under -13, under -15 and under -17. And in total there were about 30 young people who were there. And I had the opportunity to talk to them or work with them in five different sessions about financial literacy and …

10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly

850 words

Exactly. Artie Black’s granddaughter, Gavin Black’s daughter , who have a significant history in our community. Quite feisty, quite aggressive, I told her. But she gets the job done. And she is one of those persons —there are many more of course—who work and work and work behind the scenes to ensure, Mr. Speaker, that our young people are able …