Speeches by David A. Burch

15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, now let me talk about roads in the country. They did not invest in that either! [Laughter]

15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, the problem is that the effort that was made in the . . . I am amazed at the things that are reported in this House, that a budget is allocated for, that they seem to know nothing about. In their Reply [to the Throne Speech] they talked about the Bailey bridges at the airport. When the fact …

15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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We have paved one lane on Middle Road in Smith’s. That has come to a pause, and before people say we don’t know what we are doing, one of the utilities has to dig up the road. So, the simple process is not to pave it and then come and dig up the road because then everybody calls you a …

15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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And so what we have done is to . . . we are going to areas that are the worst areas in the country. And so we are paving in Warwick at the moment. Part of that delay was BELCO’s pausing of the— [Inaudible interjections]

15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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It was. BELCO’s pausing of the digging a hole every 800 feet of the road that they have trenched to pull cables. That process is re-starting on the 23 rd of November and so we expect for the timing to work out that we will follow BELCO up Middle Road to Evans Bay. And the paving in the country will …

15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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And most of them have never served in G overnment , but when . . . well, I can’t even say when they do. They just have to observe from the sidelines. [Laughter]

15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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But the challenge always is the bureaucracy that just bumbles along and thrives off of delaying things. The biggest challenge has been being able to make forward movement. Some of my ministerial colleagues are jealous, quite frankly, and said why do I get so much money, extra money, in the current iterations of budgets. And it is real simple. It …

15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker .

15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker —

15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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I will not need the 20 minutes. I only have one subject that I want to speak on. And I would like to offer congratulations —

15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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—to Westend Properties and Gencom for the successful conclusion—

15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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—of the start of the work at the — [Desk thumping]

15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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—Fairmont Princess Hotel. Mr. Speaker, over 1,000 construction jobs will be created at the Fairmont, over 800 jobs when the hotel opens. It is an iconic hotel —

15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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—and I think that at the very least the country should say thank you to the principal of Gencom, Karim Alibhai, and all of those people associated with this project, Mr. Speaker. It has been mentioned today that $560 million is going to be invested in this project. That is a lot of money. And clearly, the requirements and time …

15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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I did not go. [Inaudible interjection]

15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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I did not go. And many people on this side did not go. [Inaudible interjection]

15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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That is the whole problem, Mr. Speaker. Double standards. Congratulations to Westend Properties and Gencom. I am looking forward to— [Desk thumping]

15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly

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—the opening of the hotel. Thank you.

27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly

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Good morning, Mr. Speaker.

27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly

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I rise to report on one of the most pressing challenges we, as a country , face: the shortage of affordable housing . In keeping with our pledge to the people of Bermuda, this Government has invested record sums into increasing the Island's hous-ing stock. Next month marks two years since I stood in this Honourable House to announce the …