Speeches by Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

7 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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The Honourable Minister, again, going back to [business unit] 7000, BEDC op-erational grant, I do have questions. There are within the ERP, which does fall under the Head 94 oversight responsibility, the BEDC are [INAUDIBLE ] own certain initiatives, including creating an online small to medi-um enterprise marketplace, construct residential de-velopments, continue to provide support, complete work to establish an …

7 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you. The Honourable Minister mentioned that capital works for EZZ, he mentioned for uptown authority, but the funds that have been mentioned is . . . Honourable Minister, I am looking for your clarification on this. We set aside $3.2 million for major ca pital projects and ERP, and then we spoke to vertical farming, developing residential . . …

7 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Honourable Minister. Those are all the questions that I have . . . sorry. One more.

7 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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I won’t let you go, Honourable Minister. You had mentioned a couple points in your ministerial brief on the budget that I just want to— [Inaudible interjections]

7 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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That you had mentioned but I did not see anywhere in the Budget Book, so I was wondering what are they and how are we going to pay for them? Bermuda House of Assembly You had mentioned under the FinTech business unit, which is 9405, that we are developing or we are assisting with developing a US dollar to Bermuda …

7 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Mr. Chairman, I would like to but, yo u know, he mentioned something and I didn’t see it.

7 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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I could ask the question, but I certainly do not want to be adversarial. It is sort of, Why i s that mentioned but not in the Book? Or something like that.

7 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Honourable Minister. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chairman, I would ask the Honourable Minister why in the performance measurements, 9403, 9404, 9405, there is no mention of the developing and education and training strategy plan, which was mentioned as it related to the business services division of Head 94. I do not see any mention of that in …

7 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Honourable Minister. And yes, just thank you for those responses. And my contribution and my critique is just that it goes back to that point of we are just not . . . there is some overlap here. It is probably due to the anomaly that the Honourable Minister spoke to, but my …

7 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Honourable Minister. I have no further questions as it relates to Head 94. 610 7 March 202 2 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Chairman: Are there any further speakers on Head 94? There appear to be none. Minister. Hon. Jason Hayward: Mr. Chairman, I move that Head 94 be approved as …

4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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I would, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can yo u hear me, Mr. Speaker?

4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you. Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Good morning, Honourable Minister of Economy and Labour, and the listening public. My first question relat es to the Minister’s Statement where he said, “ KPMG have identif ied four critical initiatives deemed mostly likely to generate a significant socioeconomic impact .” On page 2. My question to the Honourable Minister is, did KPMG …

4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Yes, I do, Mr. Speaker, thank you. Would the Honourable Minister . . . he mentioned that KPMG will b e delivering an action plan, setting out key milestones, timelines and actions. When will that be shared with the public, Mr. Speaker?

4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Just a clarification on that. I had asked when the key milestones, timelines and actions will be shared with the public. And he said that regular updates will be provided. Will those regular updates be th e key milestones, timelines and action? I am just trying to be very specific about what is going to be provided. Or will it …

4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Before I ask my second question, I just want to make sure I provide any opportunities for any supplementaries. Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: Yes, Mr. Speaker, I have a supplementary.

4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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I do, Mr. Speaker.

4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Honourable Minister mentioned in his Statement about the vertical farming facilities being acted upon (it is at the bottom of page 4, Mr. Speaker) with the potential location under review and financial details in development. Mr. Speak er, my question to the Honourable Minister is that given that the ERP was launched early last year, …

4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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I have a supplementary, Mr. Speaker.

4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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I thank the Honourable Mi nister. He said a full business plan has been . . . they have a full business plan. Is it fair to say then that this full business plan is missing financial details?

4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly

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I think Honourable Member Dunkley had a supplementary, Mr. Speaker, before my . . . yes.