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Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

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15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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227 words
—wicket that is very important. I think it is important to repeat some of the facts as they exist on this subject matter because we in this country would ignore that if . . . and I will say this, as someone who has stood firm all my life to say I would like to see my country run its …
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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But the historians when they look back and they say, My, my, my what fair - minded people we have!
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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You know, so many questions that were . . . how will this new corporate income tax affect Bermudian businesses, Mr. Deputy Speaker ?
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Well, I am told that local Bermuda businesses will not be impacted by the proposed corporate income tax. Will not! And, you know, wills and shalls and mays and maybes says will not .
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Because all the narratives around persons who are trying to find every way to . . . and if ever there was a subject, I think MP Dunkley did some justice there in that if there is ever a subject that certainly needs a bipartisan flair, it is here today. The same flair that exists at White Hall and was …
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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And that is a reality that we must be prepared for. And the type of people that we are collectively in this country, I know we would rise to the occasion—together too!
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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The Bank of Butterfield had to come to the PLP Government for a guarantee to survive. You see these people who get laid off at their jobs around Christmas time and stuff like that, right. It wasn’t the Progressive Labour Party’s, from our policies, that caused this. It was boardroom decisions that caused that recession! And then the pandemic. My, …
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Well, I am talking about how we deal with this corporate . . . and I am asking . . . and I digressed.
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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But I haven’t talked about Louis Corbin or Uncle Herman yet. [ Laughter]
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Because the bet was that he couldn’t get up without talking about him and I said I love him so much I am going to mention their names in spite of it. [ Laughter]
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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But the corporate income tax on global companies will generate, Mr. Deputy Speaker, additional revenues to allow the Government to restructure additional domestic taxes. The Government , just like the Government has a manifesto, has been confronted with something that wasn’t on the ta-ble, that came after the whole world went through a pandemic, after the great 1 per cent …
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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—it will be put in writing again so that we can then start saying we are doing this, we are working in this direction. There are no guesses. There is no guessing as to what we are going to do. The bogeyman doesn’t have currency in the PLP. It did for a long time.
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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And when you are brought up with the bogeyman, sometimes you can’t shake it. So maybe that is some personal therapy for persons who might be able to look in the mirror and see that the bogeyman still lives on their door. But this country needs to move beyond that. The Deput y Speaker: Yes.
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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How did corporate income tax come about? That is another question. The Ministr y of Finance created an I nternational Tax Working Group. The D eputy S peaker: That has b een covered, y ou know.
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. [Laughter]
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Bu t it is importan t to cover — The Deput y Speaker: Yes —
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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—a nd state because everybody has a different constituency that sometimes buys into that and that is why we have 30 . . . this many Members . . . and I certainly have a constituency that listens and I certainly want to make sure that in the country vernacular that I present, Mr. Deputy Speaker — The Deput y …
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Good evening, Mr. Speaker . So nice to s ee you.
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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Cousin was j ust about ready t o go a nd put t he gavel o n me. [Laughter]
15 Dec 2023 House of Assembly
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In closing, Mr. S peaker — [Laughter]