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The Hon. Diallo Rabain, JP, MP

The Hon. Diallo Rabain, JP, MP

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15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I believe the Member is misleading the House. The pl anning appl ication, as I said, was approved in June of 2015 for the renovations of this office, in the name of the Hamilton Princess property.
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order.
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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A point to her clarification. The Member is misleading the House. And she is misleading the House because I stated that when I observed, when I looked at the planning application, it stated that the very first reason for the application to renovate this place was, “The hotel currently houses approximately 100 staff in var ious rented properties around the …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. First, I would like to start off where the Mini ster finished and send much thanks out to the staff of the Department of Planning and the members of the tribunal. As someone who depends on these types of documents and actually does read them, I know the tremendous amount of work that goes into …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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I know you d id, and I know I did. But it is an important document, and the i mportance of it cannot be lost in the fact that this is only the fourth one that we have ever produced to this effect, the first one being back in 1973. We had one in 1984, then we had one in …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I guess I am kind of taken aback by the levity that we are seeing up here today. And I want to thank my honourable colleague for coming out . . . In cricketing terms, we would have t o say that he came out bowling bouncers just now. But I am going to try and— …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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But I am going to try and bring it back down and hit line and length.
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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You know, you know. I am gearing up. I am glad we are getting out of here a little earlier today.
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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I am glad w e are getting out of here a little early today because I am going out to the Eastern County games tomorrow . . .and that is for everyone here. [Crosstalk]
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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But, Mr. Speaker, I see that the Honourable Member from our side brought up something, and I was talking to him earlier. And it made me think of, what was happening two years ago, two years ago in this country, Mr. Speaker? And two years ago I sat in another place. And in that other place, I said, Mr. Speaker, …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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At this rate—and I said — Hon. R. Wayne Scott: Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I started my speech by saying two years ago. So if the Honourable Member was actually listening, he would have heard that. O kay. So, 18 months ago, we are talking about 18 months ago. And I said this, Mr. Speaker: “At the rate that this Government is going, we will have pe ople marching in the streets …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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I am, Mr. Speaker. All I am doing is mentioning Acts that have come through this particular Minister’s Ministry. How else am I supposed to describe that? He is the Minister. He has brought the Acts through. That is not personal. It is talking about his Ministry of which he happens to be the Mi nister of. Plain and simple. …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Okay, okay, Mr. Speaker . We will play that game. We will play that game but we all know what we are talking about. The Minister of Transportation brought through this Rental Car Act —it disrupted Bermuda. The Mi nister of . . . that particular Minister brought through legislation to void contracts retroactively. That Minister was involved in the …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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No, I am making sure the Honourable Member from [constituency] 22 can hear me. 2648 15 July 2016 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: I agree. But do not shout at me. All right? You are speaking to me. All right? Make your point, make your point. I appreciate your point, Ho nourable Member, all right? Carry …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . That Minister has refused to move into his office at TCD. A new one . . . well, we hear he may go there, he may not; but we know that a new office was thought about. So, Mr. Speaker, I say all of this because I am bringing —hopefully bringing—to the OBA the thoughts …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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—as he does —
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, thank you. I do hope that, you know —I know we will hear from the Premier and I know he will defend himself, if need be. But, Mr. Speaker, you know, as my honourable colleague said, we are elected here by the people of our constituency to represent them. So when the people of your constituency tell you …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order.
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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My point of order . . . the Member is misleading the House. Most certainly I get Bermuda House of Assembly out of my constituency and my house. And, Mr. Speaker, I have seen the people march—