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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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Good evening, [Deputy] Speaker. I am going to go back to my previous analogy in terms of a small boat off of Devonshire dock. And it speaks to the idea that you are off the dock and the boat springs a leak and you are with somebody, if you like them or do not like them, it does not matter, …
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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He said, “We must conti nue to capitalise on opportunities to work together t owards a common end. As a nation, we must chart our way together through economic recovery and rehabil itation. Bermuda is small and agile enough to do it.” I was like, okay, this is a good start for him. But then, unfortunately, we had a litany …
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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I think the Honourabl e Member is imputing improper motive. And the specific ations of how to reduce Government costs was not covered in my contribution, so I just want to make sure that we did not—
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Good morning, Minister and good mor ning to the listening public. Would the Honourable Minister please clarify how much this first phase of the project has cost at this point? Hon. Jason Hayward: Mr. Speaker, the budget numbers will be coming out soon, and in my brief I will be sure to provide all …
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker. Does the Minister know that number today?
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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I have a supplementary, Mr. Speaker. The Minister on . . . the last time he gave us an update said that there was a capital budget alloc ation of some $80,000 for this project. Do we anticipate incurring any further cost (is what I should say, not how much have we spent so far). Do we anticipate actually further …
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, H onourable Minister.
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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I would like to ask, Will the Ministry calculate the cost savings from the autom ation project? Hon. Jason Hayward: I belie ve the Honourable Member is talking about in- house efficiencies, but there will be certainly cost savings as it pertains to our plans, but the cost will be surrounded by supplies as it pertains to our printing of …
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker.
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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Is it the view of the Minister that it would be a worthwhile exercise to undertake a cost-savings analysis after a one- year period of pr oject automation? Hon. Jason Hayward: Yes, ce rtainly. I believe if we are saying that we are moving in a more efficient manner it should be our responsibility to demonstrate the efficiencies that are …
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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No, Mr. Speaker, a third question.
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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Would the Honourable Mini ster inform this House how much processing time or application processing time we anticipate being cut by the automation project? Hon. Jason Hayward: Mr. Speaker, that will be better answered when we commence the process in earnest and go through all of our trial phases. Right now we would be doing an estimation based off trials. …
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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No supplementary, no further questions. Thank you, Honourable Minister. Thank you,
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I just put som ething in just as the Minister was ans wering the question earlier.
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Honourable Minister. Minister, on page 4 of your Statement you said that these emails were a glimpse into the mind-set of some of our citizens and it saddens you. Further, it highlights [the] two Bermuda mind- sets that some of our citizen’s harbour. Without agreeing that there are only two mind -sets in Bermuda, …
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you Honourable Mi nister. What is the disruption that we would anticipate from this other mind- set? [Inaudible interjection]
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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Sorry, on the top of page 5. It says, “I am confident mind- sets like this will not disrupt [or dissuade] the majority of us from doing what is in the best interests . . . .” So what disruptions was he speaking about? Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Disruptions, as in marches, refusing to send children to school, refusing …
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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Suppl ementary, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister assure us that there will be no adverse consequences for anyone who raises an opinion that is framed as another opinion for the Mi nister, an “other mind- set”?
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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No thank you, Mr. Speaker. I got the answer to the question. Thank you.