Speeches by Susan E. Jackson

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On page 4 about a third of the way down, the Minister had read out that in 2021, a total of “845 participants across 20- plus sessions completed . . . curriculum, teaching and learning, assessment and all the other inside- the-build ing . . . practices . . .” And I am wondering why the …

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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I would like to ask the Minister as a supplementary, Why are the stakeholders such as the parents, teachers, students in some cases, being always invited in rather than the Government delivering the information out publicly?

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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I have a new question, Mr. Speaker.

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Further down on page 4 the Minister had mentioned that in May 2023 there is going to be active recruitment of educators, parents, commu-nity, et cetera, in order to introduce and discuss the next wave of the School Transformation Teams that are going to be focusing on the next two Signature schools which are on tourism and hospitality in the …

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker.

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Based on my age and having been around a little longer than the Minister, I can say that the economic and social environment of decades past was much more secure, much more lucrative. People lived as a community. They were not working so hard. They did not have to spend so much money. And so I am asking the Minister, …

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker. I would just like to ask the Minister how he is going to handle the pushback from the community when he makes the announcement that he wants children from the East End to travel to the West End and the West End children to travel to the East End in order to attend high school? Thank …

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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I have a question. I would like to ask the Speaker [sic] why there is —

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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—through the Speaker if the Minister might be able to explain to us why in six pages of Ministerial Statement I do not see any reference to exceptionality school except the bottom of the second-to-last page when he mentioned exceptionality Signature school. So I would like to know why the exceptionality school for primary children is not included anywhere in …

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker. At the bottom of page 5 it just says, “Exceptionalities Signature School . . .” I would like to know why the Minister has not included any mention of the exceptionality schools for our primary school students.

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes. And I would like to ask the Minister why he is not making the exceptionality school —because it is the only source of support for many of our students and our most vulnerable —a priority and speaking more about in the community? They need to hear it.

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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No further questions. Thank you.

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. I would just like to ask the Minister about the award that was granted to the Bermuda Transport De-partment for its electric vehicles. They are saying that the department’s e- mobility initiative was selected from a pool of highly competitive projects. I am just wonder-ing if the Minister might just give us a few of the …

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes. So who . . . Then maybe the Minister can explain who and how did we get this award then? [ Inaudible interjection]

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes, but I understand it is an organisation in the Caribbean. But did somebody go and get an award? Did somebody send you an email? I am just trying to figure out . . . please explain to us how we got this award. [ Inaudible interjections]

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes. So I am just hearing my fellow [MP] in the background saying that there were tons of companies there. And also my question is, Well then, did we, Bermuda, make an application, submit an application for this award? I am just trying to get some context as to where and how this award is achieved.

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes. Thank you. And congratulations. [ Laughter]

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes, just a supplementary, Mr. Speaker. I am just curious if the Minister could provide us with the number of vessels that we currently have for the Coast Guard and whether there are any projections to buy any more and how many more we would have to buy?

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to send out congratulatory remarks. And the first is to Mr. Joseph Matthew. He is a senior technician at the Public Transportation Board. And he has just celebrated 50 years as a mechanic at the bus depot. I want to send him out best regards. In his reflection over his career, one thing …