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Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

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6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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18 words
I want to say thank you to you, Mr. Speaker, for keeping me focused on 32 weeks. [Laughter]
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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97 words
And I want to say thank you to the Minister for being in a position to look to see where [pieces of] legislation such as those that impact workers who might not necessarily see the wisdom of being unionised, like when he was the leader of a major union of this country. Let me remind persons that when I came …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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11 words
No. I cannot talk about golf. No, not today. [Inaudible interjections]
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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145 words
No, no, no. No, no, no, no, no. When I came back in the early 1980s, Mr. Speaker, we had a general strike in this country. And those of us who worked in white- collar jobs and those of us who were in business, whether or not in the pri-vate sector or the government sector, saw greater benBermuda House of …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. A very important topic of discussion and I want to thank the Minister responsible for National Security for bringing this discussion forward today. There were some who alluded to persons who may have been around. Of course, I tend to sometimes like to go down memory lane. Mr. Deputy Speaker, in this …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Not many. And I seized the opportunity to run and canvass in Government Gate and Glebe Road . . . Glebe . . . I still don’t get the names right. And met a lot of lovely people. Had a lot of gingerbread.
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Attended candlelight vigils because when Minister Weeks came to the House of Assembly it was in 2009. And it was during the launch of the proliferation of murders, and they were taking place in his constituency. In the constituency that he was to assume.
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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And, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I started off with a little bit of chuckle about running up there and meeting the faithful 34. [Laughter]
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Those wonderful people who voted for my candidate, Mr. Keith Young, may he rest in peace. And not knowing much about Brother Weeks. But what I had come to know and appreciate over the years is that he was very much a community man. And his family was well entrenched. And where we took that picture of the late Keith …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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And Brother Tyrrell’s mother -in-law, and the like. Mr. Deputy Speaker, I remember the murders that happened early on. Names like Robinson come to mind. Areas like St. Monica’s Mission come to mind. Candlelight vigils out there going with Sister Gina Spence Farmer to houses to grieve in . . . long before there was any type of gang intervention …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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And the Dame Lois Browne -Evans Building there and the . . . there were many projects. I just named a few that are benefiting Bermuda today. The National Sports Centre’s Aquatic Centre up there where universities would come around and rent it and bring 50- odd people from Howard University, the alma mater of the— Hon. Zane J. S. …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you. I expect a few more points -of-order from my own side as I come to speak knowing that at one time I was lead spokesper-son against that of which is saving this country millions of dollars and bringing into this country millions of dollars. And I say that —
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Oh, oh! [Inaudible interjections]
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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210 words
I would . . . I would . . . had that young Member been coming up to . . . and young in the sense that he is new to the House, but not so young, that if he was coming to this House in years gone by and had listened to some debates, he would have known that …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you.
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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15 words
Well, l am going to tie it in. I thank you for — [Inaudible interjections]
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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63 words
Mr. Deputy Speaker, at that same time I remember Dr. Brown making speeches and declaring that for better or for worse he spent a little time in LA [Los Angeles]. And I remember Dr. Brown saying that his experience in LA equipped him well to offer his coun try, his beloved Bermuda some advice on how to handle this gang …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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226 words
I remember Dr. Brown saying that in areas such as LA that gangs were taking root there were strategists put in place to remediate it. And I say that in the context that the Minister responsible for National Security today is no different than the Minister of National Security of 2000 or 1995, inasmuch as they only have a minimal …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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230 words
I was able to go to some articles and recall. You cannot go back in the archives of The Royal Gazette unless you are prepared to pay now, but thankfully the Bermuda Sun is still around and I saw some that said that Dr. Brown had indicated that he had gone to Government House on a couple of oc-casions to …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Where have their priorities been? I could think of 15 million reasons, 15 million answers of where their priorities have been—15 million reasons. Because I remember . . . and I have often said in this House, everyone who has sat in this House cares about this country. Loves this country whether or not they were OBA, whether or not …