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13 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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If you see an erosion of the protection of workers by this Government and those who support them within the business sector, that is an example of the consequences that elections can bring. I hope that Bermudians are paying attention. That even in this late date in their tenure, Mr. Speaker, they are continuing to exact real pain on those …
13 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Ah, gee, of course, we do not have the corporate income tax. I cannot go and . . . but, come on, we have the greatest economic boom in Bermuda’s history —
13 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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This ec onomy, t he GDP doubled within the space of five or six years, post Katrina, post 9/11. [Inaudible interjection]
13 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, and they profited from this boom and not just the Gibbons Group of Companies, do not think I am picking on them. But, but— [Inaudible interjections]
13 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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But the major shareholders at the Bank of Bermuda, Butterfield Bank, Argus . . . and they took those profits that they were generating in this overheated domestic economy and invested them overseas . But we saw what happened the time the Great Recession hit. It hit them, too. Look what happened to Argus, XL and all the rest of …
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, Mr. Speaker.
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Bearing in mind, Mr. Speaker, that the Minister has acknowledged that the British, or Her Majesty’s Government, were not pr epared to take on the advice of Bermuda’s Department of Immigration, is the Minister sanguine, or confident, that the British now, in retrospect, or Her Majesty’s Government, will engineer the right fix for this? Considering that every day there are …
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am just happy that the Shadow Minister —
10 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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—dealing with public transportation, Head 35, went into a forward- looking orientation by decrying somewhat the fact that we still do not have commitment from this Government on our hard targets that will see the present bus fleet, po wered by diesel fuel, being replaced by vehicles that are powered via electricity, electric powered buses, although, I will take a …
8 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Okay. So, Members, we will then break for lunch and we will resume at 2:00 pm in Committee of Supply. Proceedings suspended 12:30 pm Proceedings resumed at 2:00 pm [Hon. Dennis P. Lister, Chairman] COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY ESTIMATES OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR 2017/18 [Continuation thereof]
8 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Twenty -one.
8 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. Certainly it has been a very calm debate, thus far on our discussions of various heads, or the one head as it relates to Workforce Development. I always find it somewhat odd because we know that it is such a critically important, strategic department, but yet it only warrants one head. And, frankly, the resources …
8 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I would like to see the pr ivate sector have a bigger skin in the game when it comes to apprenticeships and training. From where I sit, I think we have seen a trend, again, over the last quarter century or more, where there has been greater responsibility put on Government, whether it is ed-ucation, whether it is in terms …
8 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker . I am happy to hear of the newly -minted Mini ster’s experience. Certainly, there is a heightened awareness in the corporate world of the need for di-versity. My one caveat, though, is that while they seem to be far happier and sanguine talking about the need for gender diversity, it is still very uncomfortable …
6 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Madam Chairman. Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: I have only got two minutes left, so if they want answers they can wait till they are done.
6 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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The Member is misleading the House. He assumes because there has not been a report coming from a respective committee, that work has not been ongoing. Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: That is not a point of order, Madam Chairman.
6 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Twenty -one.
6 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In the Ministry of Social Development and Sports, Head 1 . . . 71, I should say . . . no, no . . . yes, 71 Ministry of Social Development and Sports Headquarters, in reference to . . . no, I am sorry, my apologies, I got that wrong. I want to go to C …
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker , I just want to extend condolences to two families who were not only connected in life, but in the passing of both Mr. E dward Oliver, a well -known taxi driver, and, of course, Ms. Elvira Castle, who was the mother of Cornell Cas-tle. Many people will know Cornell played for North Village in the mid- 1970s …