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23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Will the Member take a point of information?
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Honourable Member who just took his seat, from constituency 5, talked about the great sacrifice of Bermuda’s civil servants over the last five years. Based on those calculations he gave to this House, they make for sobering reading. Certainly to know that the sacrifice of Bermuda’s civil servants during an era of austerity …
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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It is extraordinary. But at the same time, we witnessed one of the most major transfers of income and wealth to a select few, to the tune of $100 million to subsidise the America’s Cup —$100 million to subsidise the America’s Cup—
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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—with most of the profits, income, going to the top tier in Bermuda’s business community.
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Sixty -five, plus the guar antee that the Honourable Member from [constituency] 11 indicated earlier in his presentation.
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes. You would say that. But again, the key point —while civil servants had to make sacrifices to the tune of $200 million, we saw one of the most major transfers of income and thus wealth to a particular segment of Bermuda’s business elite.
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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A black -dominated civil service who had no other option than to participate in what the then- Government was calling “ shared sacr ifice,” while they benefited to the tune of tens of mi llions of dollars. And I say “they,” I am talking about mostly their business backers from Bermuda’s white elite. O f course, there is no reticence …
9 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is there was a group, a band, called War. You may remember [them] back in the early to mid- 70s.
9 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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They had a hit called City Country City. And to some degree, I think that sort of applies to myself. As a born and raised boy growing up in Spanish Point, I, like many members of families in tha t late ’60s, early ’70s period, migrated westward to what I call the Midwest of Bermuda, all the way between Paget …
9 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Oscie was well known in the Warwick area, and some of the Members here, Mr. Simons wants to associate, and others. A legendary figure, solid Bermudian man, tradesman, builder, a lovable guy. And he is a great loss to that community. He was also, to me, one of the pillars of that Warwick Midwest community. Secondly, of course, a man …
8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Minister, would you inform this House the t otal penalty, or fees, paid to Bermuda creditors as a result of the One Bermuda Alliance Government submitting late financials?
8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Would the Honourable Junior Minister co ncede that the imposition of the aforementioned fees has egregiously hindered the ability of the Gover nment to deliver services? Can you outline to the House and the Bermudian people how those fees have hindered the said services that I am referring to, and in what areas?
8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . I would like the House to send congratulations to Ms. Tannock, her first name is — [Crosstalk]
8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Mm-hmm. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for the interruption. Ms. Louise Tannock, who as of October has just been appointed as the Honorary Consul for St. Kitts and Nevis. Many of the Members here are aware of the historic commerce, ties of commerce and hist ory and culture and family between Bermuda and St. Kitts and Nevis. She was actually born …
8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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I want to associate the Members from [constituencies] 26 and 2 with these congratulations —she was born in St. Kitts and Nevis and was sent here during the mid- 1970s or so to live in Bermuda with her father’s relatives who were a lready here. And so we wish her all the best as she goes about her new and …
8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker .
8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, she is reading from a document where she is directly impugning the motives of the Minister and the rest of the Members of the Government. 860 8 December 2017 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: I was allowing her to go on because I hope when she speaks she will clarify the fact that those …
8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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Could—
8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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It is a sad day in this House when we allow that. I tell you.
8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly
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With all due respect —