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E. Grant Gibbons

1169
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23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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I said like what I have heard— [Inaudible interjections]
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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I am going to speak for Bermuda.
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Foreign investors are generally much less co ncerned about supporting Bermudian interest. I think, Mr. Speaker, what you could find, going from a 60/40 to 40/60, is that a lot of the profits will start to go out of Bermuda. Bermudian shareholders are much more likely to spend the mon ey and keep the m oney in Bermuda to grow …
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER HOUSE VISITOR
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Point of order , Mr. Speaker.
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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I have a lot of PLP supporters in my constituency, and I speak to them from time to time. So I think I know a fair bit about PLP supporters. In fact, unfortunately, there were more of them this past time than there was the previous time. But we will have to see.
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member is misleading the House. He has a very poor memory. The OBA inherited a whole series of mouldy schools from the former Government.
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Eat your heart out. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Each your heart out, Dr. Gibbons says. See? See, people of this country, see how they play with your money? Eat your heart out , Dr. Gibbons says. [There were] $60,000, $80,000, and $100,000 bonuses when we have people on financial assistance who cannot pay rent [or] buy food. We …
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. [Deputy] Speaker .
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Point of order is the Budget Reply talked about customs duty. The $76 million was in additional tourism spending.
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, happy to. You are mixing apples and oranges. The two quarters of contraction are 2016. The 2017, according to the prebudget, was 2.5 per cent increase in GDP. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: So, in your estimation then . . . thank you for that. Now, in your estimation, then, our GDP is going to grow. [Inaudible interjection] …
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, you are welcome. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: I do not see . . . I do not see where we have had that kind of return, Mr. Deputy Speaker . Now, Mr. Deputy Speaker, the former Attorney General, Mr. Moniz, spoke earlier. In fact, he spoke first on that side. And he said a couple of things …
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, Mr. Acting Speaker —yes, point of order.
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Accusing us is certainly imputing improper motives. The Honourable Member cannot do that. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: I did not say criminal. I said almost criminal. Are you guilty?
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker. Point of order.
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes. This $100 million number keeps coming up. It was about 65, actually. So, the Honourable Member needs to get his numbers correct.
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Yeah, well, he was wrong.
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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Point of order.
23 Feb 2018 House of Assembly
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I have to admit I am getting on in years, but I certainly do not remember sa ying “Doesn’t that make you suspicious?” [Inaudible interjection]