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Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

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4 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I appreciate the opportunity. I want to start off by thanking the Minister for a comprehensive brief and also allowing persons time to engage in the debate. And I would just like to declare my interest . I am a member of the Bermuda Tourism Authority. And I just want to just take the opportunity …
4 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Well, in the Tourism vein , are we considering commuter services that will feed people from neighbourhoods to the bus so that persons like me can help the Minister get the word out and tell people why they should get on the sea and avoid being in their cars ? And I think those are the questions that I had …
4 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Race week . Hon. Owen Darrell: Race week, all of it.
4 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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That is one of the greatest winter initiatives. Hon. Owen Darrell: How many bus cancellations? There have been 2,679 bus cancellations out of 218,892 runs. This represents, Mr. Chairman, only 1.22 per cent cancellations. So, I would say, Mr. 2196 4 March 2026 Official Hansard Report B ermuda House of Assembly Chairman, that this is a huge improvement in the …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. 2016 2 March 2026 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly Mr. Speaker, I too would like to be associated with the condolences [for the family of] Eugene “Calabash” Foggo, who I had the honour of playing cricket with when I was a member of the St. George’s Cricket Club's second team, back in the day …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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I'll say more later.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker. Ever so briefly, and I will declare my interest. There was a time in life when I was a lot younger than I am today. [Laughter]
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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And the first committee that I ever chaired on behalf of the G overnment of Bermuda was as chairman of the Road Safety Council when I was a very young man following the 1983 general election. And I just — [Inaudible interjections]
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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I'm sorr y? [Inaudible interjections and laugher ]
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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And I was compelled to speak for a couple of reasons because I want to, first of all, compliment the work of the previous speaker, the Honourable Junior Minister DL III, Mr. Lister, who shares your name, Mr. Speaker, because I know what a daunting task it was to be a chairman of such an im-portant committee with responsibilities . …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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On the handlebars , on the crossbar, on the bar. That's what . . . Fred Anderson, great cousin, my . . . my . . . the best cousin you could ever have, who would tow you to town on a bike. [Laughter]
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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But what would it take for a collaborative effort between Health and Education and Transport to get more young people riding their pedal bikes to school, chaperoned by some parents? It will help the parents who could get up a little early, get a little, get their blood circulating because it will change the mind- set of a country that …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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I'm telling you, it's the fundamental things. So , whilst we are focussing on what 2106 2 March 2026 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly they are going to do at 15, let's change their mind -set at five and six. That's my contribution. And I just want to say how proud I am at this young Junior Minister …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, in the interest of the hour was late, this speech was unable to be delivered on Friday past, which was February 27, d uring the month when we celebrated Black History Month. And I thought it necessary to speak on a subject that I've spoken to for ever since I first ran for the House of Assembly in …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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—to educate people on what is truly meant by to live with this subject matter. I believe in Bermuda. There are two persons who, in my estimation, this is just my humble opinion, are worthy of international recognition for their work in this subject. One of those persons I knew personally. I have stood on the side of the road …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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And we got to know each other far better over time. She used to talk to me about this subject matter , and I used to help her when she was organising events and the like to raise funds. And as she grew older, she became far more appreciated and accepted in our society. But I asked Bermuda, right, for …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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And she spoke and carried the burden of the Black community in this country in a way in which she was prepared to take on that vilifica-tion.
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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Where would we be in this world without another Bermudian who I did not know, who I was not taught about until I got much older in life? Mary Prince. Where would this country, where would the world be without that courage? You know, I try to talk truthfully to people who I come in contact with at all levels …
2 Mar 2026 House of Assembly
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The Slave Compensation Act, many people . . . you know what ? The Slave Compensation Act translated to more money than Britain could afford at that particular time. Translated to almost $19 billion in today's translation of dollars. Many people would think that, oh boy, there was a Slave Compensation Act that just got paid off in 2015 . …