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Ernest Peets

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18 May 2022 Senate
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Thank you, Madam President, and thank you to all the Senators her e and of course the listening audience who waited all day for a conclusion to our debate today . I request that the Senate adjourn until May 25, which is next week Wednesday . The President: Thank you. Would any Senator care to speak on the m otion …
11 May 2022 Senate
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Good morning Ma dam President, and good morning to my fellow Sen ators. Madam President , as we look forward to enjoying a time of togetherness during Heritage Month in May, I invite our community to remember that June also provides opportunities to celebrate what it means to be Bermudian as we honour the contributions of our National Heroes . …
11 May 2022 Senate
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Yes. Thank you, Madam President, and thank you to my Senate co lleagues for your questions on the Statement. Regarding the question as relates to why a revamp, many people may not be aware that the crit eria for nomination left a lot of discretion to the Minister of the day and of course to the committee that was responsible …
11 May 2022 Senate
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Yes, thank you. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, Senator . If I understand the question correctly, at present there is not any discussion in creating a secondary award that perhaps may sort of fall a little under National Hero [award] . But having said that of course, it is important, particularly for Senate Michelle Simmons’s question, that if information …
11 May 2022 Senate
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Thank you, Madam President. I am really glad this morning to have an o pportunity to say congratulations and thank you to all of our Carifta athletes. Also, congratulations to all of the coaches, trainers and support persons for our at hletes. And a special thank -you, of course, to our dear Senator. Ben, thank you so much. Your athletes …
11 May 2022 Senate
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Yes, thank you, Madam President, and thank you to all Senators today for all your diligence and your work. I move that Senat e adjourn until next week, Wednesday, May 18. The President: Thank you, Minister. Would any Senator care to speak on the m otion to adjourn? Senator Dr. De Couto, you have the floor. IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE …
30 Mar 2022 Senate
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Yes, thank you, Madam President, and good morning to you and good morning to Senators here this morning, as well as to the listening public. Madam President, today for this Honourable Chamber, I take up the Bill entitled Cannabis Licens-ing Act 2022. I move that it be now read a second time. The President: Is there any objection to that …
30 Mar 2022 Senate
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Madam President, the Cannabis Licensing Act 2022 ushers in a new regulatory regime licensing all activities involved d irectly or ancillary to the cultivation, import, export, production, sale, supply, use or transport of cannabis or medicinal cannabis or products derived from cannabis or medicinal cannabis in Bermuda. Madam President, before I discuss the merits of this Bill I would like …
30 Mar 2022 Senate
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Yes, Madam Pres ident. I invite us to adjourn for lunch. The President: So we will return at two o’clock. Senators, the Senate stands adjourned until 2:00 pm. We will break for lunch. Thank you. Proc eedings suspended at 12:30 pm Proceedings resumed at 2:00 pm (Sen. the Hon. Joan E. Dillas -Wright, President, pr esiding) BILL SECOND READING CANNABIS …
30 Mar 2022 Senate
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Thank you, Madam President. And also thank you to the Government Senators. And tha nk you to the Opposition and I ndependent Senators for their comments and questions. Obviously, this particular B ill does have a lot of contention as it relates to individual views. Madam President, I did listen very, very intently to everything that was shared because it …
30 Mar 2022 Senate
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Second reading? The President: Yes. [Crosstalk] The President: Yes.
30 Mar 2022 Senate
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I will be glad to do that, Madam President . The President: Thank you.
30 Mar 2022 Senate
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Thank you, Madam President. I move that the Bill entitled the Cannabis Licensing Act 2022 now be read a third time. The Clerk: Second time.
30 Mar 2022 Senate
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Second time. The President: Second time first. Is there any objection to that motion? Sen. Ben Smith : Yes, Madam President . I object. The President: [Are] any other Senators objecting? Senator Tucker. Two objecting; it requires a vote, and I will ask the Clerk to take a vote. [Pause] ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT SENATE VISITOR The President: Senators, I …
30 Mar 2022 Senate
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Yes, actually, just before the adjournment, Madam President, many may know or may not know, I am not really sure, but Vi ncent Minors of 10 Boundary Crescent celebrates his 84th birthday today. I certainly wish him the very best. I am not sure Madam President, if Senate was aware that the infamous, famous [Leon] “Spider” Blakeney passed. I certainly …
30 Mar 2022 Senate
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Yes, I am really happy, Madam President, to invite Senate to adjo urn until 11 May 2022. The President: Thank you. Would any Senator care to speak on the m otion to adjourn? Senator Lindsay Simmons, you have the floor. ROAD TRAFFIC FATALITIES Sen. Lindsay Simmons: Thank you, Madam Pres ident. I am not going to speak l ong today, …
30 Mar 2022 Senate
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Madam President, if I could? The President: Yes, certainly, Minister. RECOGNISING THE DIS CIPLINE, DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION OF OUR ATHLETES
30 Mar 2022 Senate
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I promise I can share these comments in two minutes or less. I know we have worked extremely hard in this legislative session and all of us are looking forward to a bit of a r ecess. I may not have mentioned in these Chambers that I had the opportunity as the Minister of Sport to attend the annual Sports …
28 Mar 2022 Senate
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Thank you, and good morning. Good morning Madam President; good morning Senators. Madam President, this past week mark ed two dates of significance on the calendar. On the 18 th of March 2020 COVID -19 officially arrived on Bermuda’s shores. At that time, no one had any idea how com-pletely and thoroughly this once- in-a-lifetime pandemic would upend every area …
28 Mar 2022 Senate
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Yes, thank you Senators and colleagues for your questions. This year the Bermuda Day Parade . . . this will be our first opportu nity to have a “post -COVID -19” parade. As such, the typical large group exemptions that we would normally have had, particularly two summers ago, those restrictions will not be in place. So this is our …