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Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

Lawrence Scott, JP, MP

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27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly
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Oh. A bull never made a calf in a hurry . Okay. Okay, well, a bull never made a calf in a hurry. [Inaudible interjections and laughter ] THE FUTURE STATE REPORT —RACISM
27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly
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Anyway, so. That is all I want to say about immigration. Now, I have o ne more thing to talk about. And, you know, race is a very sensitive su bject, and it continues to be emotive. I listen to a lot of podcasts, and I read a lot. And so, what I would like to encourage everyone in here––T …
27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly
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“In August of 1619, a ship appeared on this horizon, near Point Comfort, a coastal port in the English colony of Virginia. It carried more than 20 enslaved Africans, who were sold to the col o-nists. No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been untouched by the years of slavery that followed. On the 400 th …
27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly
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But it is an issue that we have to address. We cannot skim over it anymore. CURB [Ci tizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda] has tried to do their thing.
27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly
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And I went to one of those CURB things, and I swore I would never go to another one because it was just one of the most disastrous, poorly run things th at I have ever been to. And the thing with discussions like that is you have to have a moderator who is trained to do that , because …
27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly
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I will send it to you. Listen to the podcast, because it is very foundational and it is very applicable to what is going on in Bermuda and to our history. And whether you are black, white, Chinese, Asian and you are in Berm uda and within the sound of my voice, it is something that you should listen to …
27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly
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Point of information. POINT OF INFORMATION
27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly
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I have shared those sentiments with my caucus. Hon. E. David Burt: Maybe I will rephrase. It would be nice if her caucus colleagues shared her sent iments and the thoughts of which she has towards the process of which we are engaging in, knowing that it is not something that can be rushed, and knowing that it is something …
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes. I just have a couple of questions. First, I remember that we did meet in the House some time ago, BHC [Bermuda Housing Corporation] . . . Minister Burch [stated] about setting up the wholly owned subsidiaries. So, for this development, has a company been set up? And if so, what is the name of …
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Okay. And supplementary to that question is if I could also have the names of the dir ectors and officers of the company? Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Sure. I will undertake to get that.
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you. And then —
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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New question.
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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So, will these condos be under the Government’s Condominium Act? Because I know that in some instances a developer will set up a de-velopment company, and then once it is developed then the shares are transferred to the owners, under the Government’s Condominium Act, I do not think that that happens. So, how is it going to work?
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Okay.
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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No. Thank you.
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would just like to pick up where that Honourable Member left off and be associated with his congratul ations to Ms. Flora [ sic] Edness. An Hon. M ember: Myrtle!
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Yes. He is more familiar with her than I am. [Inaudible interjections]
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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Sorry. Sorry. Myrtle Edness. For me, when I was growing up, I knew her to be the head of the candy shop down at South Sh ore. And so, she was a super -hero to me.
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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But, Mr. Speaker, you will be glad to know that she does originally hail from Somerset. And then, she then moved to reside on Billy Goat Hill. And the one thing that we do have in common is that her granddaughter and I were in the same class, Melanie. Her granddaughter, Melanie, and I were in the same class at …
19 Jul 2019 House of Assembly
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No. We drew. They had not— [Inaudible interjection]