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David A. Burch

2662
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20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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358 words
Mr. S peaker, t hank you. I would like to first be associated with the condolences to the family of Kyril Burrows. Apart from working with him in Public Works many years ago, I first met him because his father, John Richardson, was my first Sergeant Major in the Bermuda Regiment, and I served with him for a number of …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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4 words
Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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1,051 words
Mr. Speaker, upon assuming this role, there was one overarching goal that I wished to address during my tenure —improving the quality of life for Bermudians. To meet this goal, I set about doing several things all aimed at making life easier for the Bermudian public . First was improving critical government infrastructure. In the Public Works Ministry context, this …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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5 words
So do I, Mr. Speaker.
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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12 words
They can say what they like, Mr. Speaker. The fact remains —
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, —
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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—since there is only one who knows the day of the next election—
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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—this may very well be my last occasion—
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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194 words
—to speak in this House should they, before the 20 th of September, call the general election. I would like to address two things, Mr. Speaker, so that they can go on the record of this country for perpetuity. The first comment I would like to make is in reference to an exchange carried out by the only living National …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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And so, I am reacting today, Mr. Speaker. The living National Hero told a friend of mine that I was getting kickbacks from Bermudiana Beach. Hon. E. David Burt: What?
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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And that they were being deposited somewhere so that I could hide them and be able to use those funds when I retire to Jamaica.
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, a couple of things are wrong. First of all, I have no intention of retiring to Jamaica, even though the Royal Gazette told this country that that is what I intend to do in retirement. I saved it until now because I have been enjoying the fact that those who would be celebrating my departure were having such …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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But I do not plead guilty to being a thief.
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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And Mr. Speaker, in my world, my little world [where] just I exist, your history should demonstrate and support who you actually are. And so, I would call on the only living National Hero [that] this country has to —if he has evidence—call the police. I invite him to do so. It will be the shortest investigation that they have …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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What I want to talk to about mostly though, Mr. Speaker, is the best part of this job. And no, it is not the title. It is not the office. It is not the car. It is not the aura that people give around people who are called “Minister”, which I think is the most least rewarding thing in the …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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—because they had jobs for the summer in the storeroom at BELCO.
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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And they were happy that they were going to get their foot in the door at BELCO and be on their way to being successful engineers. Of course, I threw a monkey wrench into the works, and they went away and they had no choice but to accept the offer and go and do the work. As a result of …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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But what it was designed to do was to . . . two things, really: to keep contact with our students who were overseas doing things that we wanted to encourage and let them know whilst they were overseas that, yes, you can go off and do all the things you want to do and get all the experience you …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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4 words
Good morning, Mr. Speaker.