Speeches by Jeff Baron

8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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Mr. Deputy Speaker, the fine consti tuency of 25. Thank you .

8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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I ndeed. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker . I rise tonight on this dark December evening clutching the 37 pages, Mr. Deputy Speaker, of this very flawed Bill . . . this very flawed and, frankly, shameful Bill. Mr. Deputy Speaker, a vain emperor who enjoyed wearing all sorts of fancy clothes was approached by two con artists who told …

8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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These are my notes of a fine parable by Hans Christian Andersen, Mr. Deputy Speaker .

8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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May I continue?

8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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Thank you , Mr. Deputy Speaker . And as the parable goes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, the only person, after this emperor walked through the town naked, to call attention to the fact that the emperor had no cl othes on was a young boy who said, But he’s not wearing anything. And someone started to whisper in the town. Did …

8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker .

8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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Absolutely, Mr. Deputy Speaker .

8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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I am referring to this parable. It is about people’s unwillingness to call attention to som ething that is wrong for fear of looking foolish. This Bill, Mr. Deputy Speaker —all 37 pages of it—is wrong. It is foolish. This Bill should be seeking to protect equality, to clothe our people. Instead it is stripping Bermuda’s reputation naked for the …

8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker . ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER HOUSE VISITOR

8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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Thank you , Mr. Deputy Speaker, and welcome Senator Jardine. On the 5 th of May , Mr. Deputy Speaker , the Supreme Court of this country ruled that “the common law” (and I will quote from the ruling from the daily paper of that day, with your permission, Mr. Deputy Speaker ). “T he common law discrim inates against …

8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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Indeed, you are. Bermuda House of Assembly The Deputy Speaker: All right.

8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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Mr. Deputy Speaker —

8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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Thank you . Thank you . Mr. Deputy Speaker, the fact remains that as I stand right now the gay and lesbian community, same -sex couples, can legally marry in this country. The fact remains that after the Progressive Labour Party . . . that after the Honourable Minister advances this Bill, those rights will be gone. They will not …

8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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Did I say that? Chelsea? I said Che lsea, yes. Thank you. Chelsea Clinton, 2.1 million followers. She has got a lot more. Mr. Deputy Speaker, as a parliamentarian I hold hope. I do. I hold hope that I can work hard, not just with my colleagues here, but with colleagues on the other side to see safer communities, an …

8 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Mr. Deputy Speaker, let me make my position very clear. I support this Bill. I would like to thank the Minister for bringing this forward, and I would like to touch on a few of the themes that were present throughout his briefing and ask a simple, but, I think, poignant question for the Minister …

1 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is right and just and I commend the Minister for updating us and also advancing this. My question as a result of his comments r egarding the four to five estimated people that may be in this department, can the Minister expand a little bit? He touched on it briefly. Can he expand …

1 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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Thank you, yes.

1 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just to drill down on that specific point, when you have, again on page 4 into page 5, the 10 items that need to be developed, six of those items, Mr. Speaker, fall outside of the range of subject matter expertise between the Bermuda Police Service and the Bermuda Fire Service, which is why I asked …

1 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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I’m coming across.

1 Dec 2017 House of Assembly

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MP Baron, not “partner.”