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Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

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4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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I do, Mr. Speaker, thank you.
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Honourable Minister, on the top of page 3 of his Statement, describes the lead initiatives, four priority initiatives, one of which being the rehabilitation of Tynes Bay infrastructure. So I would ask the Hon-ourable Minister to clarify. How did the Tynes Bay i nfrastructure get into the Economic Recovery Plan? Because that Economic Recovery Plan …
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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None, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thanks, Honourable Minister.
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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I have a supplementary, Mr. Speaker. MP Richardson.
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you. Would the Honourable Minist er be able to tell us, when he says, “financial impact,” is he meaning just in the collection of regulatory fees, or is he mean-ing additional line items. For example, inspection costs will increase. I just want to be clear about what financial impacts we are talking about. Thank you.
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you Honourable Minister. My question as it relates to his Statement on the impact of the sanction regime in Bermuda, Does the Minister have any indic ation that we are going to have to seize assets similar to what we are seeing overseas, such as in Europe?
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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No, tha t’s great. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Honourable Minister.
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, MP Richar dson. Hon. E. David Burt: Mr. Speaker, our Members are waiting to allow Members of the Opposition to speak.
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker.
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, can you hear me? MP Richardson.
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, sir. Can you hear me now? 494 4 March 2022 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: You have your 30 minutes.
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I dou bt I will take that much time. My points are fairly condensed. Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to contribute to the Debate as it relates to the Government’s Budg-et for 2022/23. Mr. Speaker, before I go too far down that road, I would like to echo my col league’s, Honourable Michael Dunkley, comments …
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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How is that, Mr. Speaker?
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Okay, great. The Budget aims to “ restore some measure of hope to the people of Bermuda. ” And I could not agree more, Mr. Speaker. We are in desperate need of hope, now more than ever. As I was saying, the calamity that is COVID -19 has radically changed our country and it looks as if it is not …
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Maybe. Let me go this way. How is that, Mr. Speaker? The Speaker: That is perfect there.
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Okay, that is it. And we all know that tax reform . . . that our tax base needs to be diversified. And you know, this is unarguable. And yet, somehow, we are still saying what we are going to do about it, not what we have done about it. And the details we have are sketchy, that it is …
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Let me try this. How is that, Mr. Speaker? The Spe aker: Every time you go back to that position you are clear.
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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It is almost a stress position, so this will be interesting.
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, so we need transparent language and we need to be abso lutely crystal clear and precise on what exactly it is that we are doing, how we are doing it, who is involved, and when we expect deliverables. This is project management 101. We simply cannot be esoteric and obscure in our language anymore. No matter how favourable that …
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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MP Richardson from the east.