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The Hon. Diallo Rabain, JP, MP

The Hon. Diallo Rabain, JP, MP

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20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, I think we are getting this a little confused. I am not talking about employment; I am talking about the amendment to section 8A which is an amendment to the publication of discriminatory notices, et cetera. So what I am sa ying is if you are going to pub lish something that di scriminates against someone because of …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, am I correct in asking that the Minister is asking us to approve a law that lists . . . that will, theoretically, discriminate against someone because of a criminal offence that they may have committed? And we are to approve that and then get to see what is on that approval list? That is absolutely ludicrous. We …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Then, Mr. Chairman, I ask that the Honourable Minister rise and report on this Bill until that technical person can present that list so that we can be assured that this Act which we are asked to pass today, that we are all in favour of, is being done correctly. We had to listen to Members earlier, Members on the …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Human Rights Amendment (No. 2) Act 2016 will amend section 8A of the Human Rights Act. Section 8A deals with, as it stands now, the “Publication of racial material and racial incitement prohibited.” So now the clauses of 8A will now read: “(1) No person shall, with intent to incite or promote ill will …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I am guided, but I will say I do understand what the Honourable Attorney General is saying, but we do not have that list to date. And when the list is pr oduced and that legislation is put forward, that legisl ation can then marry up to this piece of legislation and we can deal …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, my opposition remains, all right? Because there is no list who makes that decision? What . . . how can the Tribunal tell me that I should not be offended by bike thefts versus paedophilia? Who makes that decision? Why is one given more weight than another if it is my per sonal opinion? And this is what …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank the Minister for understanding my disquiet with 1772 20 May 2016 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly that, and I am glad that we could come to a resolution on it. I accept the amendment.
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On a sad note, Mr. Speaker —and I would like to associate all of my colleagues on this side—can we have a letter of condolences sent to the family of Ms. Tinee Furbert, sister -in-law to the Member from constituency 6, because her mother, Ms. Carla Davida Hunt, passed away last week. A special part of …
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Am I the only one standing here that is abs olutely blown away with what we just heard? Am I the only one? Come on. Madam Deputy Speaker, if we are trying to do somet hing that is revenue neutral, how do we accomplish that by the people at the lower end of the band …
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Actually, I was hoping that they would say that. [Inaudible interjection]
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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I was hoping that they would say that because, Madam Deputy Speaker, what we are talking about is shifting the burden to the people 1642 21 March 2016 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly who can least afford to spend it. That is what we are talking about and that is what is happening. They can deny it, deny …
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You know, Mr. Speaker, as I reflect on the past week’s events my heart aches. I know that the people have gone back to work. A so- called deal has been brokered. Work stoppages have ceased. And we are back in this Chamber doing the people’s work. And as that Member who just sat, Mr. Speaker, …
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Now we have the same Minister who is at the middle of every controversial imm igration topic that has come up since the One Bermuda Alliance has been elected. But somehow, we have not heard anyone on that side stand up and ad-dress Ms. Leah Scott’s letter that was supposedly leaked, that was sent to the media, et cetera. And …
11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, would the Pr emier let us know if he plans to speak to the several thousand people who are assembled outside, since he speaks for the majority of Bermudians?
7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. First of all, like the rest of my colleagues I would like to thank MP Brown for bringing this motion. It is something that has been talked about ever since 2013 that, you know, this is the way to go. But for whatever reason the One Bermuda Alliance has continued on the path that they have …
7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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—the Honourable Member Dr. Gibbons, talk about xenophobia. Well, Mr. Speaker, let me ask you this. Som eone who does not live in your neighbourhood comes and borrows something from you. Twenty years later they do not bring it back, but they come to borrow something else and you say no. And they say to you, You’re not letting me …
7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Now, I do take exception to the Honourable Attorney General saying that my friend MP Brown is trying to incite violence or encourage people to break the law. You cannot tell people what to do. And for some reason the blame keeps getting pushed over here that it is the PLP that is encouraging people to protest, it is the …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Of course, I would like to have a letter of congratulations sent to the Elliot Primary School for apBermuda House of Assembly pearing in these Chambers today. As you may know, I am the PTA President of Elliot P rimary. It is very nice to see Ms. Brangman and her charges out today. And associate the …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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He wrote it 30 years ago. [Inaudible interjections ]
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you to my colleague for allowing me a chance to contribute to this debate. Education is something that is near and dear to my heart. As a former Government Senator, I was the Junior Minis ter for Education. So I did have some different insights on education from back then. I see Dr. Greene …