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Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

1788
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302,979
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20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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23 words
Anything you want to do, now is the time, Mr. Speaker, because it is the time! You’ve got two years! Everybody! [Inaudible interjections]
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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14 words
You have two years’ notice, Mr. Speaker. And so, Mr. Speaker, — [Inaudible interjections]
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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15 words
Mr. Speaker . . . Mr. Speaker, it is get ready, get ready, get ready.
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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101 words
We as a country, Mr. Speaker, have to know that now is the time. It is not yesterday. It is now. We have to prepare ourselves. And, Mr. Speaker, to our parents. We have children. I don’t care how old your children are, parents. Prepare them for the industry. One of the things —and again, I am paraphrasing when I …
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
225 words
Again, going back to what we have to do. And some will know what I mean about this. We have a daily schedule, Mr. Speaker, that says that something is going to happen, I don’t know, say at 7:00 am, or whatever time it is going to happen. By policy, you have to be there 30 minutes in advance. Why? …
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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310 words
—a round of golf is not cheap. But guess what, Mr. Speaker. The golf courses are often full. Mr. Speaker, I again have a bias. But some of those hotels down in the east, they are so expensive, Mr. Speaker. Nightly rates sometimes are more than $1,000. But guess what, Mr. Speaker. Very often they are full before the lesser …
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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151 words
Absolutely critical. And again, to the credit of Minister Hayward and the rest of them, if Anthony gets paid, whatever I get paid per hour, and my [gratuities] make it up to $16.40 and I am on vacation. Guess what? I at least have to still get paid at $16.40. As opposed in the past, they would say, Well, Mr. …
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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121 words
No, no! Even MP Pearman. Hey, it is what it is. And all of us, though we know that we have to do our jobs. And, Mr. Speaker, I know others will follow. At least I trust others will follow. I got you. I trust others will follow. But I will say it again, Mr. Speaker, cash is king, $560 …
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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41 words
—will have a benefit, $560 [million] (I know I only have a few seconds left). Five hundred and sixty million dollars will be shared around this economy, and every single one of us will benefit. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. [Desk thumping]
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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246 words
Yes. Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker, to my colleagues and the listening audience. Mr. Speaker, I want to stand today to say that Bermuda has lost another son of the soil since our last House sitting. And it is a personal one for me, Mr. Speaker, because the man actually called me son. Mr. Speaker, he was not my biological father, …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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296 words
But, Mr. Speaker, he was a well-regarded unionist for both the BIU and later the BPSU, and a long- serving member of the Bermuda Credit Union, ultimately becoming a trustee. [Inaudible interjection] Bermuda House of Assembly Mr. Anthony Richardson: And MP Burgess has reflected the fact that when he was the president of the credit union, Mr. Smith, my father …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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1,109 words
Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker , and to my colleagues. Mine might be a bit of a surprising contribution, but I am going to be brief. And I will say that I sometimes comment on the fact that when we are here in the House, we are able to do things that actually touch the everyday people. And I like it …
14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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153 words
Good morning, Mr. Speaker. To my colleagues and the listening audience, really quickly I just want to give a shout -out really, congratulations to Terry and Terryn Fray . I do so because they have opened up, effective May, a cricket institute called FrayStar Cricket Institute. And there are lots of people involved in that. But what is most significant …
14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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203 words
And that speaks volumes. We would not want to let that happen. He also informed me that there are several persons who assist him. But the two I want to mention are Gus Logie and Ms. Debra James. They both are integral in its success, and they have right now about 40 children, 40 students who are participating. And beyond …
14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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5 words
Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker —
14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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463 words
—and to my colleagues and those in the listening audience. Mr. Speaker, my comments today are actually offered in response to a specific constituent request which relates to health care costs in Bermuda. And as part of my comments, I also want to recognise what I want to say is the valuable contribution of Bermuda’s public school system, because two …
14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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212 words
In my capacity I then said, Oh, this cannot be right. I contacted the insurance com-pany and I explained my concern. Their response was, Well, Mr. Richardson, you effectively (or they effectively ) have three choices. One was for me in my capacity to get all the information and explain to them how it works and then have them accept …
14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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11 words
I could not believe that that was the response, Mr. Speaker.
14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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209 words
Because clearly when it comes to health care provision, it is based on a relationship, and based on the confidence that you as the person have with the provider —so you and your doctor. And also it is based upon the fact that there is longevity in terms of the doctor has been for the past . . . let’s …
14 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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1,232 words
And so it is actually quite appropriate, Mr. Speaker, I believe today to reference that and to understand the history of what has happened here in this House, figuratively. Mr. Speaker, I will say that I am a proponent of the free market economy. I have said before that in some respects it is based upon exploitation. Others have objected …