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Glen Smith

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21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, and good morning, Mr. Speaker.
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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I would like to send condolences to the family of Mrs. Maureen Peckett. She succumbed to her death after a horrific traffic . . . I would like to associate Honourable Member from constituency 22, Minister Gibbons; and Minister of Education, Wayne Scott; and Minister Jeanne Atherden. Mrs. Peckett was the blood wife of Dr. Brian Peckett who, as you …
14 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to send condolences to the family of Mr. Winston “Bobby” Jones. As Bermuda had fought and battled the hurricane the night before of a cat 3, the next morning, unfortunately, Mr. Jones was in a road fatality accident as he was taking his son to have a shower at the Hamilton Princess. Mr. …
14 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, and good evening, Madam Deputy [Speaker]. You know, we have heard this buzzword all afternoon of “vision,” which really intrigues me. I sit here, and I have list ened. But more importantly, at the end of the day, we should probably ask our constit uents what their vision would be if we were out there and asked them …
14 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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“ Retail sales in September 2014 were 4.2 per cent higher than the $78.8 million r ecorded in Sept ember 2013. All retail sales sectors r ecorded increased sales with motor vehicles retailers recording the strongest increased sales of 19.3 per cent.” Well, to me, this is a clear indicator, it is in black and white, that things are moving …
14 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Good evening, Mr. Speaker. As we all know, it takes time to build relationships, and building relationships in any market, particularly if you are working with the Asians, they take a long time, and it is about building trust. That is what this Government is doing. No, it is not going to happen overnight. But as I said earlier, it …
14 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Well, we could probably do that. At the end of the day, Bermuda, if we are successful at scoring the America’s Cup, it will be the Monte Carlo of the Atlantic Ocean. And that is the way it works. I was recently down in Saint -Tropez about two years ago for a sailing regatta. And all you had were these …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes. Good evening, Mr. Speaker.
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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And on a serious note—
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you. This past week, Mr. Speaker, an Honourable Member who sits in this House made some comments about myself, my business, that wer e utterly false, slanderous, and potentially damaging to my company, in the local media. Mr. Speaker, I do not intend to talk any more about these unfounded allegations, as I have hired legal counsel. And the …
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I will not allow anyone to slander myself, my business, any business I am involved in that is without founded measure.
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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We will leave that to legal counsel. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On a lighter note, I would like to wish you and your family and my honourable colleagues a very happy Cup Match. And I do have to support St. George's.
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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But I will be a guest in your constit uency, so I trust you will share a little rum punch with me.
15 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Good morning, and thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I would like to be associated with the Pr emier’s comments in regards to condolences to Sir John Swan, his children, Alison, Amanda and Nick, and not forgetting her precious ones, the grandchi ldren. They were the apple of her eye; that is for sure. Do you know there are a lot …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, good evening, Madam Chai rman. I will take my role from my good friend from constituency 31, and he said stand up and believe in your principles. He is absolutely correct. You know, it was only two years ago in 2013 that we were here debating the Human Rights Sexual Orientation Bill —
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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Three years ago (sorry, my math is not that good this evening). And when I looked at the audience back in 2013 it was the rainbow, but this evening we have the church . . . which is fine. It is great. It is great that we have participation and that people want to be here. But getting to the …
8 Jul 2016 House of Assembly
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At the end of the day, we represent everybody and we represent human beings. So, on that, I cannot support this Bill. Thank you.
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, good afternoon, Mr. Speaker.
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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I would like the Honourable House to send congratulations to an entrepreneur who was just recently in the press this week, a lovely lady by the name of Nesi Armstrong. She has a company by the name of Island Organics. At the end of the day, she was chosen to be the representative for the Ameri ca’s Cup with her …