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E. Grant Gibbons

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16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Hon. Walton Brown: Point of order.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, you are absolutely right. Okay. But generally it is only done when there is a real need to do somethi ng. Bermuda House of Assembly [Inaudible interjections]
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Okay? And I am not sure—
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I . . . I—
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You and I both have been around for a long time. Okay? But I think it is particular striking in view of what the Honourable Member said, and there is another provision i n the Hansard back from July of 2015. Mr. Speaker, you will remember that that was the M unicipalities Amendment Act by the former Gover nment. And …
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Mini ster, the then Opposition Member, said at the time in talking about the Municipalities Amendment Act that my honourable colleague, the one sitting in front of me, Mr. Sylvan Richards, was putting through as the Junior Minister. And that Honourable Member at the time, that is Mr. Brown, said: 3“It will create an environment in which the …
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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I think this is broad enough— 1820 16 March 2018 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: Members, M embers. Members.
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I think this is broad enough to do exactly what the Minister was so co ncerned about in 2015, which is to create a bit of a sham of democracy in terms of municipalities here. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, under clause 4, which is amending section 7B, obviously I had expressed some concerns during the general debate. But under clause 4, section 7B(6), where the word “temporarily” is deleted both times, would the Minister please explain why it is necessary to delete the word “temporarily” and exactly what he has in mind …
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Minister got me part of the way where I was interested in going with the word “temporarily.” He said it was because of legal advice he r eceived. But, in essence, if you look at this in the full context of it and you have the words now inserted where you can improve an …
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I know the Minister will think I am being persistent, but I am looking for a confirm ation here that, in essence, the amendments would allow the Minister to take stewardship of the waterfront for an indeterminate period of time. It could be five years, it could be ten years. And it would …
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Well, I am looking for a confirmation in a very specific way, that the improv ement —
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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That the improvement was completed to his satisfaction. Hon. Walton Brown: Mr. Chairman, that is precisely the wording in the legislation.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chai rman. Mr. Chairman, I refer back to your comments earlier this evening. I think we are being remarkably indulgent here. In 25 years, I have never seen insertions for Companies Act amendments, or something like that, put in where there is no reference to the Companies Act actually in the Bill itself. So, I think we …
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Attorney General set out very clearly . . . the Honourable Member i s misleading the House. The Attorney General set out very clearly today that nothing from a criminal matter was used in the civil suit.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member is misleading the House again. His own Attorney General said today that I think it was $900,000 had been spent. To date.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, point of order.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes, the Honourable Member is way off track.
16 Mar 2018 House of Assembly
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That’s nonsense!