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Jeff Baron

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10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I would like to start off by thanking the Minister for this timely update. The question is, Will the Minister expand or indicate whether the Government, through the various committees, will be establishing or intends to establish a minimum operating security standard not just for Government, but for the entire industry in Bermuda?
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Supplementary.
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes. The Speaker: Okay. Continue on. SUPPLEMENTARIES
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Regarding the minimum operating security standards, are they just for government or are they for the international business industry, as well?
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, yes.
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Will the Honourable Minister let us know where we can find and look at the minimum operating security standards so that —again, these should be, of course, public —so that every business, every small and large business will know that they are in compliance with the new minimum operating secur ity standards?
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister expand on what is . . . [whether] vendor risk management will be a part of the cybersecurity framework?
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, supplementary on that. Vendor risk management is one of the most emerging criminal practices, unfortunately, right now. And essentially, what I am asking is how small bus inesses in Bermuda are going to be able to be protec ted, because oftentimes the large businesses, whether they are law firms, international businesses, have the capacity, have the capital to invest …
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I rise today to discuss a matter that we are all aware of and we have all discussed in the last decade which is violence in Bermuda. Certainly last week, Mr. Deputy Speaker, [after] an unexpected short session, whether we were at home enjoying time with family or out with friends we were disrupted by …
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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In July of 2016, the daily paper ended up putting the banner headline where I mentioned the cutting down this imagery of Two Bermudas. A year before this was used as a platform. I have mentioned the Two Bermudas becaus e it is real. I mentioned the Two Bermudas because we are having to deal with this honestly and openly. …
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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That is why we have done Cash Back [for Communities], we have G.R.E.A.T. [ Gang R esistance Education And Training] , we have StreetSafe. The pivot toward social engagement is working. I am going to end on a quote because I know I have a minute left.
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Today regarding the papers, more than ever the Premier says on this issue, Bermuda needs a “chorus of unity and not the dissonance of partisan dissent .” I agree. I agree; we have each other’s backs because when the world comes after Bermuda we circle the wagons and we protect each other. “More than ever on this issue Bermuda needs …
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Point of order.
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you. The Member is misleading the House. I have given two public interviews r egarding race, in 2017 and 2016. [Inaudible interjections]
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker. POINT OF ORDER [Misleading]
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Again, misleading the House. He is suggesting that there was no conversation. I said clearly in my speech I have not shied away from the topic. And I have not shied away from the topic, so if he would like to talk about my other colleagues, then he can mention them by name. But he will not stand up here, …
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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—and suggest that I have shied away from that speech. [Inaudible interjections]
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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It is on record, on film, it is on record in the media. End of story. [Inaudible interjections and general uproar ]
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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It is on record.
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Point of information. Hon. Patricia J. Gordon -Pamplin: —and has been clarified.