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Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

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21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you. I was not referring specifically to the Class F licences as issued under the digital asset busines s. As the Premier is aware, there is Class T and Class M. And FinTech includes a number of other related services including Insurtech. So, I was just trying to be specific about the FinTech market altogether, not just the …
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Point of order.
21 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes. The Honourable Premier is misleading the House. Whilst the Bermuda Monetary Authority does in fact regulate and has a sterling reputation, they do in fact find areas of noncompliance in which case they have to penali se and withdraw licenses. Thank you. [Inaudible interjections]
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker and to those in the listening audience. I hope it is not a shock to everyone, but I want to start on a very, very sad note. That is to extend condolences to the family of Ms. T irena Robins, or Tirena B elboda. She was a police officer for a very long period of time. …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Just a tremendous, tremendous friend I have known for quite a while. She was, actually I would say, a creative before we started calling people creatives . Very, very artistic, very, very committed. Very family oriented and very, very consistent. Also a businessperson. As a female person, quite surprisingly, had a water truck business and the ice cream truck which …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, I associate MP Ianthia Simmons -Wade also. Mr. Speaker, I want to also acknowledge on a very positive note, this person is very, very committed. A very high level of stamina. He actually went aged 80 years old on December 3. He has tremendous service to Bermuda. He was actually one of Bermuda’s . . . well, not “one …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Good evening, Mr. Speaker. To my colleagues and those in the listening audience, as always. Bermuda House of Assembly Mr. Speaker, if I had to choose a theme it would be “The Ignorance of Addiction.” Mr. Speaker, ignorance is typically used in a negative connotation but as you know it only relates to a lack of knowledge. And, Mr. Speaker, …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Merry Christmas to my colleagues. Merry Christmas to all of the residents in Bermuda who are in the listening audience. I am thankful for the ability to be here in this House and I too, as the Minister Robain said, look forward to returning on February 14 to rejoin the conversation, the debate and do the important work that is …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Good morning to my colleagues and to those in the listening audience. We all know, Mr. Speaker, that there is a saying that says, He who feels it knows it . He who feels it knows it. A lot of times, Mr. Speaker, we have these sorts of conversations as if someone is made redun-dant because of their own negativity …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the beauty of these points of order is that sometimes they become less and less orderly. But I will leave that alone. Be-cause what the Member just said does not make sense at all.
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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That is a different tone, Mr. Speaker. Not knowing and asking questions prevents ignorance, but I will leave it alone. Mr. Speaker, what I am saying is simply this: By putting in place a higher . . . What happens today is we are putting in place— [Inaudible interjections]
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I am trying to absorb without making a comment about the idea of somebody saying I am going to hurt. I am not quite sure what that means. But I will leave it alone. Mr. Speaker, what I am saying is simply this: As an example, I would have, let us say, a large company. At the moment …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Let us not go back to the whack -a-mole from last week, Mr. Speaker. My point is very clear. It is that I stand in support of the increased minimum to 32 weeks. My point was that if people believe that we need to be mindful of smaller businesses, the opposite of that means that we can actually have a …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, good morning to you and everyone else. Just two quick ones. I want to be associated with the condolences for Mr. Kenny Brangman. He actually stayed right down in Devil’s Hole there. For me, it was every morning (just about), every weekday morning, as I walked my dog, he would be sitting there on the fence at the …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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What is confusion? And I am going to be polite, Mr. Speaker, but I have to admit that when I first started, it was like we are going to have a payroll tax amendment whereby we are going to reduce the payroll tax for those persons that drive taxis. And after about 10 or 15 minutes, Mr. Speaker, it was …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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So, let me try, let me try, let me try. The former speaker did say that she did not understand what this is all about. So let me try, Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Ministers and others. This legislation, Mr. Speaker, is intended to ensure, number one, that the process is simplified in terms of if Anthony owns a …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, all of the government funds go to the Consolidated Fund, Mr. Speaker . This is some . . . that is an age- old practice. And so again to Mr. Swan, all of the fees that are raised by Government go into the Consolidated Fund to cover all of our expenses. Mr. Speaker, the other point . . . …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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The speaker intimated that only Black people drive taxis. However, my point is this, Mr. Speaker, that we have to understand . . . and I was going to do this at a different time, but the demographic of the taxi industry is actually changing. And actually, if we look around, even if it comes to bus drivers, that is …