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Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

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30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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No further supplementary. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wanted to associate myself with the comments made by the Honourable Member Caines as it relates to the EMO, but most especially as it relates to the services and forces that worked during the hurr icane and helped us recover from it. Getting through a hurricane, Mr. Speaker, is by no means automatic, and it …
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise to ask a question of the Honourable Minister. But I would first like to thank him for his efforts to communicate clearly his reason and logic for undertaking this course of action. And, of course, the Auditor General for her response to this proposed action. Mr. Speaker, if I may , I …
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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—and I want to say NECHE, specifically relating to autonomy. The Third Standard says that “The institution has sufficient” (this is looking at the Bermuda College) “autonomy and control of its programs and operations consistent with its mission to be held directly account-able for meeting of the commission’s Standards for Accreditation .” Further, it only speaks to Standard 7.17 relating …
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. 1768 30 September 2022 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly I rise to ask a question as it relates to clause 3. Specifically, I am looking at section 5, [new section] (1B). If I may r ead with your permission?
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Thank you. “A person shall not be appointed as an auditor under subsection (1A) unless he is a member entitled to practise as a public accountant under the Chartered Professional Accountants of Bermuda Act 1973.” Madam Chairman, as you are probably aware, not all things are alike. Public accountants vary both in expertise and resources. And so, to that end, …
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Sure. The qualifier is the word “appropriate.” And we do not have that word in this legislation. So, my question to the Honourable Minis ter is, Will the proportionality or appropriateness of the audit selection be entirely dependent upon the college board? Thank you.
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Madam Chairman. Would the Minister consider adding the pr oportionality principle by adding the language of appr opriate?
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Thank you. Mr. Speaker. I was recently invited by a journalist to give a one- or two -word answer about the governing party, and I thought it was a really interesting question. I know a lot of people in the governing party as a wider body. I have a lot of family in the party. I respect a lot of …
30 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Indeed, indeed. And, Mr. Speaker, we are now a body that is challenged with probably the greatest challenge that Bermuda is ever going to face. I mean, if World War II, rationing, and the Great Depression and other aspects challenged Bermuda, our cost of living crisis, added with our inflation, added with our ageing population, as the Honourable Minister mentioned, …
16 Sep 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - Special Joint Sitting
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I rise this morning to pay tribute to Her Majesty the Queen upon her passing, and to extend the condolences of my family and all of those I represent to the new K ing, King Charles III, and his family as well. Mr. Speaker, not everything that we do in life is a job; in some cases it is a …
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker.
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker, and Honourable Minister, and listening public. My question, Will the Honourable Minister please inform this Honourable House whether he intends to table or publish the report or review referred to in his Minist erial Statement?
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, may I clarify the question? The S peaker: Okay. Clarify, yes.
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Thank you, sir. Yes, my question related to page 1, the last paragraph, starting with “ Mr. Speaker, the scope of the review covered a wide range of topics . . . .” So I probably used the wrong word, but it would be then “the review.” Does the Honourable Minister intend to table or publish the review?
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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None, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Honourable Minister.
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, would the Honourable Minister please inform this Honourable House when the r eports will be completed, that is, the report referred to on page 3, [the] third paragraph referred to?
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
36 words
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Would the Honourable Minister inform this House whether he intends to circulate the report to this Honourable House either after or before the BIU [Bermuda Industrial Un ion] gets to see it?
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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No, Mr. Speaker. Second question, please, sir.
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Would the Honourable Mini ster please inform the Honourable House the cost of the consultant referred to on page 2, third paragraph, “hired . . . following the [sudden] departure of the pri ncipal mechanical engineer.”