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Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

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24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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—I will move, Mr. Speaker— [Inaudible interjections]
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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I will continue on. They say, and they said, the speaker before me said that in a strange way, the PLP supporters have been speaking to an OBA MP. I am not quite sure what that context was. But, Mr. Speaker, I will say this. In terms of . . . and this is obviously to the general public now. …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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No, it was in St. George’s. It wasn’t . . . there was no financial interest, that’s for sure. [Inaudible interjection]
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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No, it’s not. Listen to what I am telling you.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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My point, Mr. Speaker —
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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—is to see the lines of taxis, minibuses, and limousines that were involved in that process. And from that, of course, Mr. Speaker, what translates is that they are all earning as a consequence of the businesses being busy. And certai nly, Mr. Speaker, the PLP are creating the environment whereb y the businesses themselves are able to flourish. And …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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And so, Mr. Speaker, I will declare my interest because obviously . . . not obv iously, but I am at the airport. Sometimes we do forget this reality. And the reality is, Mr. Speaker, that some persons come to Bermuda for business reasons. They will ha ve their family with them during the business process. And, Mr. Speaker, I …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I do conti nue.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m don’t think we are able to get our time back so I will continue, Mr. Speaker.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, in terms of the Sinking Fund also, what is interesting . . . and this is for the general public to understand in that —
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I guess it’s polite, but if I chose to say that Members are lying I would imagine that is unparliamentary language and it should be withdrawn. And I would ask that you consider that, Mr. Speaker.
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Member who spoke before me has now returned so that is a good thing. Mr. Speaker, the other big point is that the Government, as the Minister said, is in fact going to introduce or make it effective in June the minimum wage. And Mr. Speaker, that is actually a major, major positive for many …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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I spoke about the debt, Mr. Speaker. They say, again, that the debt is never r e-paid or never reduced. But, Mr. Speaker, the Budget spoke about the fact that this year there is a $50 mi llion note that is due that will be repaid which will represent a reduction in the actual debt of $50 million. And while …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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I fail sometimes to understand the coherence of the documents that sometimes are offered in this Chamber. And I say that politely, Mr. Speaker, because as I said ear lier, there are some factual errors in the document and I do not know how they will be corrected. But what is in my mind’s eye right now is that they …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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I definitely want to congrat ulate all of the speakers before me. It is a very, very fulsome debate. [Hon. Dennis P. Lister, Jr., Speaker, in the Chair]
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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I sometimes forget how new I am to politics when I see everyone get so worked up about some stuff. To that end, Mr. Speaker, thank you very much for t his opportunity to speak tonight to contribute to the economic debate for this budget before we go into Committee of Supply. One of the things that really fascinates me …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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And you just sit there and go, Man, no wonder people stop us in the street and Bermuda House of Assembly the taxi stand and talk to us. I go back to my earlier comment about those guys at the gas station who just said, Politicians talk about the wrong things. The new one that someone stopped me [with] and …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Nineteen? The previous speaker from constituency 19 was saying that people are stopping him and the governing party and saying different things. So that is quite fascinating, considering how small the place is, that we are all being stopped, but being told exactly, I guess, what we want to hear? I hope we are wrong in this one. To me, …
24 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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He makes stuff up. Thank you. So to that end, thank you. That is my contrib ution on ERP. I want to speak to immigration. It has now been established that our ageing demographics and reducing working population has created a circumstance in our economy, most notably emigration. This problem was seen years and years ago. And without a doubt, …
3 Feb 2023 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker.