Speeches by The Hon. Jason Hayward, JP, MP

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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—for investment and training and hiring of Bermudians from Bermudian [employers] and businesses. Mr. Speaker, I sat quiet when the Honourable Patricia Gordon- Pamplin made her statement. I am requesting she do the same.

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . Mr. Speaker, in addition, the exploitation of wages needs to disappear. Wage exploitation in Bermuda needs to disappear. Employees deserve a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work. Bermudians simply cannot live off of exploitation wages. Immigration is a very sensitive matter and many Bermudians have a genuine fear of being further disadvantaged to …

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I stand firmly with the PLP Government on building a fairer and better Bermuda. That is the overarching aim that we want to accomplish. The Honourable Patricia Gordon- Pamplin had the nerve to speak to our teachers who resort to i ndustrial action. Mr. Speaker, the OBA presided over probably the worst period of industrial re lations history …

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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The worst period of industrial relations history.

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I heard a lot of code . . . when we start to talk about government needs reform, what are we talking about?

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Are we talking about cutting jobs? [ Inaudible interjections]

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Are we talking about having Bermudians unemployed?

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker —

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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It seems as though they are satisfied when public service jobs are being cut, but want to raise alarm bells when things are not working out so well in the private sector. What are public ser-vice employees, Mr. Speaker, chopped liver? [ Inaudible interjections] Mr . Jason Hayward: Mr. Speaker, those are our friends, our relatives, individuals who may have …

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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If people have a skill set and they are utilising their skill set to provide a service to their country, it should be applauded. But that is not what we get. Mr. Speaker, prior to me assuming this pos ition I was head of a public service union. I was also a proud member of the People’s Campaign for Equality, …

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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As a community —in particular, a black community in Bermuda, because that is the community I can speak from —we have always had an uphill battle because we do not have the economic power in this country. I sympathise with some of my brothers and sisters that are actually struggling because sometimes they are struggling at no fault of their …

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I heard, He is a newbie.

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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I am not taking bait, but what I am going to do is lay a marker, Mr. Speaker —

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I am newly elec ted, but while I represent the current Government , I also aim to represent future governments. Bermuda House of Assembly [Desk thumping]

28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . [Desk thumping]

14 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker.

14 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you for giving me the opportunity to weigh in on this piece of legislation that is tabled in front of us.

14 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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I listened carefully to the Opp osition Leader and what he had to say. And if I was an individual that did not know who Mary Prince was or what she stood for, after his delivery I still would not know. Because he said that we should celebrate and we should be proud of this change, and it is good …

14 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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After that the whites in Bermuda continued to import bl acks—

14 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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—as enslaved individuals, i ndentured servants. And this continued for hundreds of years. There are stories that have never been told to me as a young black man in Bermuda. I did not learn about the enslaved black people when I was in school. I attended West Pembroke Primary School and then attended the Berkeley Institute. And in my history …