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The Hon. Diallo Rabain, JP, MP

The Hon. Diallo Rabain, JP, MP

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10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Referring to page 2 of the Statement the Mi nister read out —
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report
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And it stated, “the Job Board remains a valuable tool to assist individuals with their search for suitable employment.” Mr. Speaker, I would ask the Honourable Minister, given a response to a question asked last summer about the Job Board in which the answer was the statistics could not be as-certained as to whether anyone who had registered on the …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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5 words
Yes, second question, Mr. Speaker.
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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The second question has to do with the Summer Employment Programme. I am not sure if the Honourable Minister is aware, but there is a programme that has started between the two pub-lic high schools and the Bermuda College, known as the Applied Technology Programme. And the aim of this programme is to expose high school students, a cohort of …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes. I just wanted an indic ation from the Minister that she would talk to Workforce Development about the programme, to include these high school students. Hon. Patricia J. Gordon -Pamplin: Absolutely, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, just in furtherance, if I may , in response to the earlier question, the answer was not just, Yes, it is available . But …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Third question. Although throughout the Statement given by the Minister, it was for the National Training Board Annual Report, and throughout the report it speaks to the National Training Programme, Part 2, but there is no mention of it in the Minister’s Statement. And I was wondering if the Minister could let us know when Part 2 will be released, …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, my question to the Honourable Minister is, Since the study was paid for by persons outside of the Ministry’s remit, does the Ministry own the data of the study? Or are they just allowed to view them?
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Second question.
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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The second question: Will the report be made public? Will the report be tabled in this House or made public? Hon. N. H. Cole Simons: I will be happy to table the report in the House.
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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The last question, Mr. Speaker.
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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With the date of the increased activity noted to be between May and N ovember, which is a whole seven months —
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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November and May. Will the Minister give us a time frame for when the Marine R esources Enforcement Strategy will finish their deli b-erations and present a report? And will it be done before November of this year?
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I did not want to start off with this, but you know in listening to the last speaker go after my friend over here about Port Royal, I just have to make sure that the public knows that this Member is the Chai rman of the National Training Board who brought in national certification for landscape …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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So he talks about saving Bermuda jobs, but what has he been doing? So, Mr. Speaker, we are finally here. We are finally here doing this debate. I do not think that the One Bermuda Alliance realises how important today is in relation to December 2 nd. But, Mr. Speaker, this airport deal represents a larger picture than I think …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Sorry, Mr. Speaker.
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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The last question that was asked was: How much money in total will Aecon profit over the entire life of this deal? If the Minister is seeing this information, let us know, so that we do not have to listen to, Oh, you guys are just spouting numbers out of the sky. You are just saying things that you think …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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All of a sudden the Caus eway does not matter anymore. And why doesn’t it matter? They will not tell us. All we can do is just think and wonder, What is going on? Is it because it wasn’t financially viable? Is it because Aecon wouldn’t make as much money if they did the Causeway? Only the Minister can answer …
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Because the photocopier was broken. But yet, here we are, we are learning we paid Bennett Jones $4.1 million. [Inaudible interjection]
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Friends and family. [Inaudible interjection]
10 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Friends and family. Yes pu blic, friends and family —$4.1 million. We have schools with mould issues. At the Bermuda College, the tec hnology department’s budget has been cut to $18,000. They have students who cannot afford to buy kits, and the school cannot afford to help them. But we can give our friends $4.1 million. [Inaudible interjection]