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Rolfe Commissiong

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12 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker. I think the Member is misleading the House because she is imputing the motives of the Member, quite clearly.
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That is Rolfe, not Ralph.
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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It is all right. It happens. Mr. Chairman, I too want to just turn some attention to the lead Head, if you will, of the Ministry of Home Affairs. And within that, of course, we know that the Minister did speak to the formation of two sub-committees, one of which is headed by the President of the BPSU, Mr. Jason …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Okay, a l ot. [Laughter]
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Okay. So , I am going to go to Head 29 now, because I think this is a very interes ting area. And I am not going to use up a lot more time, but certainly the Minister can then come back, and then we, both the Shadow and I, can re- engage again, I guess. Intellectual property, coming out …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Okay. [Pause]
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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We on this side of the aisle think that, particularly as it relates to intellectual property (again Head 29) , the Minister mentioned about the fact that the Registry General has the ch ief pr edominant responsibility of managing intellectual property with respect to the government. The question I have is , How are we going to move that responsibility …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Let me pose a couple of questions that I think will help us get past this impasse that I am imposing right now or that I am reflecting. The first question I would have is , What plans are in place to advance Bermuda’s interests in establishing the Island as a global centre for intellectual property? Okay? We want to …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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On page 11 again of the same document, Mr. Chairman, we are talking about Vision 202 5: The People’s Budget , and I am going to sound a little redundant here because I have just mentioned one or two of these innovative ideas we think can accrue to Bermuda if adopted, if explored, and not just “ if,” for example, …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Quickly, I just want to say that it is good news to hear from the Honourable Minister that the Labour Council Subcommi ttee on the Living Wage will tender its report on March 31 st. You know, we have got to find some way to halt the race to the bottom, which is hurting too many Bermudians. And …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, earlier I had talked about the Register General in terms of moving it forward in terms of, you know, positioning that office for the 21 st century, enhancing our competitive and str ategic advantage. Implementing things like a Digital Intellectual Property Register, one, which we have been touting, and a Mind Management and Control Policy with intellectual property that …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, and this may be . . . I will divert. It is 20 seconds. This may be a little bit r edundant, it has probably been answered already, I just thought that the . . . can you explain why we have the Minister of Economic Development apparently leading on that domain issue, but yet it is in your …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. I mean, if the Minister concedes that we are going to have to defend these companies on an ongo-ing basis as the heat behind . . . the temperature around this issue, globally, continues to grow . . . I mean, should the price of defending not be far higher than, what is it?
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Twenty -five thousand dollars? In my view, I think that would send probably a stronger message to our growing number of global detractors.
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I think the Finance Mini ster’s answer is too cavalier and he is acting far too conservative here. These companies are laundering . . . not laundering, they are indulging in tax avoidance to the tune of billions of dollars. So, if they want to maintain the privilege of having some association with a Blue Chip jurisdiction such as Bermuda, …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Madam, I am not going to be long, but I just found it incredulous that I would hear that Member say that he has no problem with t he raising of the duty on fuel, but yet only 20 minutes ago he was talking about the poor person at the pump who could only spend $10 to get his car …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you. I stand correc ted. So come one, now, I mean—
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, exactly, again. But we know that these types of taxes are going to disproportionately impact upon the poor, working class, lower and middle income people of Bermuda, the people that he says that most of us have no idea how they live. But I will tell you one thing; we on this side know how they live because those …
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Madam Deputy Speaker, my heart is som ewhat heavy here as I rise to offer my condolences in regards to a very dear childhood friend who passed away. I still view him as an iconic figure in Bermuda’s sporting world. And that is none other than Edgar Smith , born and raised in the Southampton …
13 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . Mr. Speaker, last time I stood here, I think it was a couple of weeks ago, and I just want to reiterate again bearing in mind the comments of my colleague from [constituency] 15 that elections have cons equences. So, if you see an erosion — [Microphone turned off]