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David A. Burch

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29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Absolutely, Mr. Speaker .
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I have already indicated publicly that I will not be releasing the report, the documents and analysis for various options. We have already released the full contents of the report and outcome to the public. As it contains detailed com-mercial analysis of the Hilton brand and EY’s methodologies, it would not be appropriate to share such information in …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, no I am not saying that. I am saying that the recommendations from the report have been provided in the public domain. The work that EY did in order to create that report and the people that they spoke with and the information that they gathered is not ge rmane to the recommendations that they have made to …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . I would first like to send congratulations to Cobbs Hill Methodist Church on the occasion of their 197th anniversary a few weeks ago, Mr. Speaker . I attended the service. It is always a moving occasion to go to a church that was built by slaves at night, and the pastor, the current pastor is …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I would like be associated with the condolences [for] Mr. Quinton Butterfield. And I would also like to be associated with the condolences to my family of Kenneth Eric Alonzo Brangman who is a first cousin of mine, Mr. Speaker . And it is amazing, you live on this Earth for decades, I never knew that he had …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Today I report to this House on the refocusing of the Bermudiana Beach Resort pr oject, but first some history is in order so that there is a full understanding of the journey to this point. In 2007, the private sector Grand Atlantic Residences project was a 78- unit development to add additional freehold condos to …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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So, we have a track record of delivery that cannot be denied. The people of this country can rest assured that we are working dili-gently every day to increase the housing inventory. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. [Desk thumping]
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, he was not “taken on.” The reason why I have not mentioned his name and will not mention his name is because he did it as a favour to the Government of Bermuda. He is an expert, a local expert, in running a hotel of this type. So he looked at the documentation that supported this exercise and …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Was there a question in that?
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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It sounded like an opinion to me. Mr. L. Craig Cannonier: I said, is that not unusual?
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker?
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, no. It is not unusual.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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It is not unusual. You have experts who sit on government boards. You have people that have expertise in particular areas whom you seek advice from and guidance. And based on that advice you then go to the organised route of hiring somebody to do a deeper dive than what they did from reviewing the documents. Hon. Zane J. S. …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, no it was not. What the Government did in deciding on EY was look at who of the alphabet group of consultants who do this type of work had expertise in this area, looking at distressed hotel assets. In the case of EY, they have a whole division that is based in The Bahamas that does this work …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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I have no clue what you are talking about. [Laughter]
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I do not have the exact dates of either one of these activities with me. But the advice from the professional was re-ceived one week, and I think the next week or two we decided to hire EY.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I do not know what the Shadow Minister is referring to when he said a day before the hotel was due to be opened. The work and the construction work have not yet been com-pleted. That is due to be completed in December. But the date of the EY report to the Government of Bermuda is the 20 …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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So, I think EY took six weeks to do the report. So, you take six weeks from the 20 th of September, that puts you sometime in August. I would suspect that we got advice from the expert at the beginning of August. There was not a great deal of time between the recommendation that he made and then the …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good morning.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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When we miss this occasion in weeks past, we should double the time. Anyway, I would like to be associated with the condolences [for] Senator Leslie Robinson. It was an absolute joy to have her as a Junior Minister for Public Works and to work with her. Quinton Bean is a first cousin of mine, so I extend condolences to …