Speeches by The Hon. Kim N. Wilson, JP, MP

26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I am certain that the Bermudian public and the members of the jury will not accept the comments of the Honourable Minister of Finance, Bob Richards, when he says that the recession is over. The f act and the evidence are clear —he who feels it, knows it. The Bermudian public, the jury, are feeling the effects of …

26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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I will continue, Mr. Speaker, I will try and speak over the rings. So, Mr. Speaker, my constituents are asking me what happens if the situation in Bermuda worsens. What happens, as we are seeing the situation now, if it gets 101,000 times worse? What will happen to Bermudians? Where will they go? Whereas the person who has been granted …

26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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—elsewhere. Hon. Patricia J. Gordon -Pamplin: Point of order, Mr. Speaker. The S peaker: Yes, yes —

26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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The Government is not —

26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am actually just . . . I think that the Honourable Member that spoke and raised the point of order and objection was not here when her colleague that sits immediately behind —

26 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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I apologise. The Government is not concerned, Mr. Speaker, with the vast amount of Bermudians em igrating overseas in search of better opportunities. The Government is not concerned that the increase of taxes will greatly aff ect those that are already strapped financially. Mr. Speaker, I, too, would like to commend our Shadow Minister of Finance for an economic v …

19 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good afternoon. Mr. Speaker, at the next day of meeting, I propose to move the following motion: WHEREAS unemployment is at unprec edented levels — Hon. Trevor G. Moniz: Point of order. Point of order,

19 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Point of order, Mr. Speaker, point of order.

19 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think that the Attorney General is, albeit perhaps innocently, misleading this House. It is a matter of public record based on statistics that have come from the Department of Statistics, discussed ad nauseam here in this House, that we are suffering from unprecedented levels of unemployment here i n Bermuda.

19 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Point of information, Mr. Speaker.

19 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Perhaps I can be of assistance. Is it not correct that page 330 of , Erskine May’s Parliamentary [Practice] speaks about the manner of dealing with the regular notices and . . . [Inaudible interjections]

19 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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May I continue?

19 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you. “A notice of motion which contains unbecoming expressions, infringes the House’s rules, or is ot herwise irregular, may, under the Speaker’s authority, be corrected by the Clerk’s at the table. The alter ations, if necessary, are substituted to the Speaker, or to the Member who gave the notice.” And to this end, Mr. Speaker, I have not r …

19 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, in the next day of meeting I propose to move the following: WHEREAS unemployment is at unprec edented levels; AND WHEREAS the major ity of single -parent households are headed by women; AND WHEREAS age discrimination affects women and their employment opportunities in alar ming numbers; BE IT RESOLVED THAT pursuant to …

12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good morning.

12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Since the implementation of Team Street Safe in May of 2013, realising the objectives as identified in this Ministerial Statement, the Honourable Premier, Minister, could indicate to this Honourable House, as well as the members of the public, what provisions of employment, changes in living arrangements, educational opportunities and family support services have been provided to these gang members known …

12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just an extension of some of the comments that were made by my honourable colleague. I think, first of all, we can appreciate that the general objective of this Bill —namely, to protect the health and wellbeing of the public —needs to be applauded. I note that there are certain provisions that I think would pr …

12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is speaking about continuing medical educ ation that needs to take place that is applicable to him. What is applicable to him? So, because I am a paed iatrician, and my [medical] practice is delivering babies and helping babies be healthy, et cetera, et cetera, but somebody over here is a doctor who does heart …