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Walter H. Roban

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4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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195 words
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The discussion has been very interesting, Mr. Speaker, about how elections are won, how they are lost, who votes for whom, who does not. Well, Mr. Speaker, I have been involved with a few elections, and there is one thing I know about this country. There are certain patterns of election behaviour that benefit certain interests. …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Those elections where there have been the most enthusiastic voter turnouts have usually, even since 1968, prior to 1988, prior to 1998, there was 1980, and the enthusiasm that people took to the polls then pushed the PLP close to power. That happened again in 1989. Another enthus iastic effort which saw the PLP go from seven to fifteen, because …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Or issues around that word, Mr. Speaker, so I will not mention it. People came to this House again about the closure of a certain clinic to express to the Gover nment their concern. They felt a need that, no matter what the Government was telling them prior to getting here, and it was only when the people got here …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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You know, you open the door. You offer, You want some tea? You want some cake? How about a plate? We are not finding that this time in this House. We are not even finding that the principal occupants who control the House are even welcom-ing. In fact, what we saw today was the principal Members of the House walk …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, that loud minority that I spoke about, Mr. Speaker, some of whom were on the hill today. But I can tell you, many of the people who came to me on the hill today who necessarily were not my voters felt disrespected that the OBA contingent walked past them like they were nobodies. It seemed to them that th …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Because he is the most recognised person in the country. Right? The person is tal king about a certain Member from constituency 7, Mr. Speaker, is mentioning the name of a Member who once sat in another place, David Burch. But I can tell you this about David Burch. Bermudians had no doubt as to whom he spoke for. Bermuda …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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They had no doubt. [Gavel]
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I will continue where I left off, Mr. Speaker. The name that the Honourable Member who was chirping (I will describe it) on the side had mentioned the name of a former Leader of the Senate, David Burch. There was no doubt in Bermudians’ minds whom he represented and whom he spoke for and whom …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I am sure you agree that I am free to say what I want to say, even if I say it more than once in this House.
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for clarifying that, Mr. Speaker.
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, I appreciate your warning me about repetiti on, but as long as I am not being stopped from saying what I have to say. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. But I think it is very important to understand something. I see, as my honourable colleague ex-pressed, some grey clouds coming over Bermuda. I see, perhaps because of …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am filling in for the Shadow Minister of Health; I am Shadow Minister of Home Affairs. I have been updated—my title has been updated.
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. A few comments on this Bill. Thank you for the presentation by the Honourable Minister from constituency 19. On a point review of the Bill we see that it is pretty much a Bill that is doing principally housekeeping and continuing the process of reorganisation of the Health Department which started some years ago with …
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Okay, are you confident that all the procedures right now, irrespective of what we are bringing to the House today, are in order and that if met with such a situation Bermuda could handle certainly at least one or two cases that might come on our shores? That is one question I would like for the Minister to answer around …
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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My question is a, perhaps, general question. It does relate to this amendment Act but it is just for —not only for the benefit of the House but also the benefit of the public —as to now, with this Director within the Department of Health, specifically, Bermuda House of Assembly what are some of the duties that the Director has …
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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In light of t hat, I withdraw the question and allow the Minister to go on since she is going to be doing it during her debate.
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank y ou, Madam Chairman. A question for the Minister: These are very sort of methodical procedures that are being put in place to deal with these situations and how the Public Health authorities are going to manage persons when these situations arise. Will there be certainly an effort to communicate to the representatives of the business community and other …
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. A question on clause 8, and also perhaps a comment as well, as I see clause 8 deals with and amends the principal Act in the appropriate section to remove the requirement for a fee being paid to the Justice of the Peace for a declaration made by a parent who is a conscientious objector to …
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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My parents were not around. I do not even know if they knew that we were getting the vaccination. We were all jabbed by some lady — [Inaudible interjection]