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The Hon. Jason Hayward, JP, MP

The Hon. Jason Hayward, JP, MP

121
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6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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I would like to accept the co ngratulations on behalf of the North Village Community Club. [Laughter]
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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I am a former vice president of the club and current member. But I am certainly pleased with the North Village Rams, and I also ex-tend my congratulations to the team. I also want to extend congratulations to the organisers of the International Women’s Day. As active members of the Labour Movement for over a dec-ade, we have been actively …
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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And you will find —
6 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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And you will find that in most organised bargaining units there is a level of parity that needs to be achieved outside of unionised env ironments. But nothing to take away from women on this day. I ce rtainly want to say that women played an extremely important role in my life and my development. And I want to congratulate …
4 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
4 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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I would also like to be associa ted with the comments for the condolences to the friends and family of my brother , Glenn Simmons. Glenn was what we considered to be a social justice warrior. He had a deep lov e for his community. Every single time that we were called to some sort of industrial a ction or …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker . [Inaudible interjections]
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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I thank you for the opportunity to allow me to weigh in on today’s debate.
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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I listened to the Reply to the Budget delivered by the Honourable Patricia GordonPamplin, JP, M P, Shadow Minister of Finance. Her statement included glaring omissions as to the state of our economy. The solutions put forward were also wanting. I heard one of my colleague’s chirp that this is the worst Reply to the Budget that they have ever …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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I heard some say what ha ppened to the last t wo quarters. They must appreciate that statistics are reported on a lag and they have not been produced. [Inaudible interjections]
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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But that is how our economy is doing overall.
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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I heard a chirp from the person who namely . . . stood to her feet and produced one of the worst Budget Reply’s in living history. Those are the words of one of my colleagues. [Inaudible interjection]
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the preliminary data from the Department of Statistics showed that jobs are up. Jobs increased by 441 jobs. The 34,303 jobs recorded in 2019, Mr. Speaker, is the greatest number of jobs in the economy since 2012. Let me repeat that. Jobs increased by 441. The 34,303 jobs recorded in 2019 is the greatest number of jobs in …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Bermuda jobs were up, in not just the public service, but construction jobs were up, hotel and restaurants were up, transport and comm unications were up, real estate and renting were up, business activities, education, health and social work and international business jobs were up. A glaring omission left out of the Reply to the Budget. This is what we …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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And in 2019, we broke the trend of decline in Bermudian employment. Bermudian jobs are up. [Desk thumping]
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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More people have the ability to earn income and work towards a better quality of life. Mr. Speaker, the country works best when our people are working, and we realise that. And that is why we continue to try to facilitate job growth. Not only are jobs up, Mr. Speaker, but employment i ncome is also up, which means that …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Ever recorded— 808,000. [Inaudible interjections]
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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See, what they want to do is paint the picture that is not reality. The reality is when we look at the economic indicators; they support ec onomic growth and development. Bottom line. Tourism spending was also up despite air arrivals being down, tourism spending was up. Tourists contributed over $518 million to our economy in 2019. Mr. Speaker, the …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, there must be a commitment — The Speake r: Members.