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Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

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15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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No, supplementary, Mr. Speaker, third question.
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Thank you. Would the Honourable Minister clarify for this Honourable House the status of replacing the principal mechanical engineer referred to on page 2, third paragraph?
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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None, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Honourable Minister.
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, would the Honourable Minister please inform this Honourable House of some of the circumstances tha t led to Bermuda College falling behind on its audits, specifically on page 2, second par-agraph where he states, “For reasons well known to Honourable Members, the college has fallen behind on its audits in the past. It …
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you . . . second question, please, Mr. Speaker.
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Actually, no question, Mr. Speaker. I’ll put it to a par liamentary. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: No problem. Appreciate it. Thank you for your participation. Minister, that is the only question for you. Thank you. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Thank you.
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Would the Honourable Minister please clarify where on page 3 of his Statement he said qualifying Bermuda House of Assembly investments are possible in one of nine areas: purchase of real estate; invest in the development and launch of new Bermuda businesses; purchasing Government bonds; cont ributing to Bermuda’s Sinking Fund; contributing to the Bermuda …
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Would the Honourable Minister be able to confirm then that there are no investments in the purchase of Bermuda Government bonds, contributions to Bermuda’s Sinking Fund, contribution to Bermuda Trust Fund, donation to Bermuda Registered Charity, or number eight, invest in any other social or practical ventures?
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Ladies first. That’s not a problem.
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker.
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon to you, Mr. Speaker, my fellow colleagues and those in the listening audience. I want to start off with a slight segue which really refers to what MP Cole Simons talked about. Because I think it is important, as one of our colleagues says quite frequently, that we have a common set of facts. And in this instance, …
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will not be that long. This legislation is quite crucial because it fills in a missing piece of the puzzle that Bermuda has not had for some time, and that has been to our disa dvantage both internationally and locally. I do not want to go too much into the detail because it is actually …
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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But, Mr. Speaker, I think it is fair to say that no one is a fan of the banks at the moment in Bermuda. But with all that being said, what this code or what we are about to do is enable the Bermuda Monetary Authority [BMA] to create a binding code on the banks. And this is quite important …
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Okay. I am probably talking too fast. Let me go into the Opposition Leader’s O ffice, Mr. Speaker. The S peaker: Sure. [Pause]
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, can you hear me?
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, sir. So it is important that we put this in place. It is also important for our international partners to see that we have a lot more clarity around our legislative frameworks in Bermuda. So in all, it is quite a good piece. And of course, as I said before, it has the downstream impact of making sure …
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Good evening, Mr. Speaker. I would like to do so, please.
15 Jul 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, sir. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, I am actually smiling as we go through and I listen to this debate today. And I am smiling because recently what I have been doing is using this phrase, right, which is a real phrase. And that is that capitalism is about exploitation. Some people find that to be offensive, but at the …