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Mark J. Pettingill

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21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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I do not know! I know it kind of came out of left field when I heard about it and the Desarrollos clause is in there which I see problems with. I do not even know why it is in this Act. We passed this morning the St. George’s Act. Why is it not in there with regard to that? …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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[That’s] not me. You were trying to get something done. That is what was propagated at the time. I was the one that said we cannot go that way; we cannot do it. But here we are having to effectively address the same type of problem because of the bigger pi cture. So I get it. The bigger picture is …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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I almost think . . . no, no, I a lmost think it is a conflict of i nterest for me to do it. [Laughter]
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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It is a conflict of interest for me to start drafting amendments on the floor of the House in relation to this. So if everybody, you know, has objections and issues with this on this side or on the other side or has problems with it, then lay your amendments and let us debate this. The Minister said that we …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. I am hoping the Minister can help me with this, the definitions of 2(c) a number of definitions that we added. Of course, we have section 187F that was added, we are going to come to that, dealing with an improper approach. I was wondering why there is no definition of “improper” contained in the definitions …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Oh, my [microphone] was not on. Sorry. A waste of a good point. Did you hear me, Madam Chairman? I was just told my [microphone] was not on. I do not know if the Minister heard me.
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes. Okay.
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. Can the Minister perhaps address [clause] 14, which sets out, for this purpose of this A ct, an inspector is authorised to administer an oath. Act [and rules] dealing with commissioners for oath and affidavits and oaths and notaries 1972 and 1973 set out very clearly the individuals who are appointed as commissioners of oaths. And …
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank y ou, Madam Chairman.
21 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes. I am just raising the co ncern here because [clause] 8 gives the power of an inspector to effectively detain a person with no more force used than is reasonably necessary. So I guess it is the intention of the Act to give powers of arrest to inspectors for breaching particular provisions of the Act. And if that is …
14 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to pay tribute to my very dear, close friend, Dr. Neil Burnie, who died tragically on Tuesday in a diving accident at Horseshoe Bay. I would expect the whole House is going to join in with that. This was an iconic Bermudian figure. And I am going to share briefly (I know that …
14 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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And I laughed, and I walked out the door with him. At that point , I had known Neil Burnie as long as it has taken to tell this story. That is the type of i mpact he had on people. He just touched you immediately, warmed your heart immediately, and you were out the door with him. I could …
14 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker , thank you. I regard it, Mr. Speaker , as a privilege an honour and a pleasure to be able to make a reply — the lead reply —in relation to the Opposition’s Reply Speech to the Throne Speech. The Opposition, Mr. Speaker , started its speech with a biblical quote —
14 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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One stays in the precincts and listens to what is being said, Mr. Speaker , so I know what was said and I read it. I would start the speech from Shakespeare’s on apt to do and say, Mr. Speaker , “There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.” “There …
14 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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And here we go. I mean how long have we heard bandied about the blue economy? How long have we heard that bandied about, Mr. Speaker ? How long have we heard bandied about a number of ideas that should have happened? How long ago did we hear something bandied about with regard to domesti c violence and child abuse …
14 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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I am hearing, Yes, yes. But that idea went back 12 years. Why did not the prev ious Government do that? How many years ago, Mr. Speaker ?
14 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Two years ago? That is the first that Blue Economy came up? We have been hearing that forever and a day. Why didn’t they get somebody to partner with and do it then? And here is the bigger question: Would an ybody have been prepared to partner with them an yway? Because, contrary to certain philosophical thoughts on that side, …
14 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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Right. Exactly. I mean it might take away asthma, I do not know. I am not going to try it on my kids. It might, but . . . But Mr. Speaker , the point is this —the idea was researched. The topic was looked into. The benefits were examined by this Government . It was di scussed at the …
14 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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And feeling welcome doing it.
14 Nov 2016 House of Assembly
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I am obliged to my friend for the water break. The fact of the matter is this, Mr. Speaker , . . . and let us just be honest today because it is the facts that talk. Ask yourself this question, Bermudians, O pposition: Have you seen an increase in people, bus iness taking an increased interest in Bermuda since …