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Glen Smith

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27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Madam Deputy Speaker. I would like to congratulation Ms. Hannah Marshall, who was in the Royal Gazette this morning, on the front page, published new book, arts book, of UK’s best -selling band called One Direction. I have to say, the Marshall gene pool is very strong of talented people and it starts from Dr. Marshall, who is …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good afternoon.
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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I stand here today as I am strongly in favour of tabling this Bill today. And I also applaud the Minister and the One Bermuda Alliance Government for taking these bold and courageous steps that need to be taken in order to put tourism back on the map. The Honourable Member, the Shadow Mini ster of Tourism, said that it …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Well, it is but — [Inaudible interjections]
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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I most certainly did, Mr. De Silva. [Inaudible interjection]
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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That is what I — [Inaudible interjection and crosstalk]
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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That is when I used to work . . . it was in the evenings because I did have another full - time job during the day. But the point of the matter is, Mr. Speaker, that we have all lived and have seen House of Assembly these hotels go out of business and they are not around today. And …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you and I will accept that four ex officio members were in that, and I guess he did say 15, bu t according to the Act it was 16 members that he could have up to as board members. [Inaudible interjection]
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Sixteen. That is what it states. [Inaudible interjection]
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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I know but if you add 16 —
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Sorry.
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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I am including the ex officio me mbers in there, but I will accept what the Honourable Member said. [Inaudible interjections]
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you. As I mentioned in regard to boards, particularly the Board that the 2013 Act has, [it] has eight me mbers. And the good news is that we will be looking for credible individuals that have a full understand ing of not necessarily being in tourism, but having a strength, maybe in marketing, a strength, perhaps in finance, and …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Well, even if you read the fine print, it does not say that. And at the end of the day I will . . . what the Minister said is that we will hire the best for this pos ition in order to take this country forward. And that is what we intend to do. We have to remember we …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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And they also look at Singapore (t hat has been extremely successful), Britain, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii. So essentially we will be creating a $30 million enterprise of qualified, highly creative, self - motivated, and business savvy individuals that will be on this Board. Mr. Speaker, it is about getting Bermuda back on track and putting Bermuda on the map …
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, good afternoon, Mr. Speaker , and the listening audience. The Speake r: Good afternoon.
19 May 2017 House of Assembly
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I would like to be associated with the Premier’s condolences sent to the honourable former [Premier] Dr. David Saul’s family. One of the famous stories I remember —he was also known as “Clicky” as, obviously, a great ru nner, but I will never forget one of the first races that I ever ran in. I was certainly not the calibre …
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to be associated with the condolences sent to the family of Linell Greet. I knew her extremely well over the years , and spent a fair amount of time with her family as a younger man. I would also like to send condolences to the family of Mr. Robin Simmons. Mr. Simmons died …
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you and good evening, Ma dam Deputy Speaker. The Honourable Member that just took his seat, he and I share a boundary together and we quite often run into each other when we are out canvassing or we are in the area together. One thing that this struck home to me— because he is talking about me, what he …
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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No, it is—I saw it was 86 days. But if you say it is 83, it is 83. But never mind, the good news is it is happening and it is coming to reality. And what came the ot her night, my wife happened to make me watch the red carpet before the Oscars and, of course, I noticed in …