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Renee Ming, JP, MP

Renee Ming, JP, MP

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28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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So a loaf of bread and some milk. [Inaudible interjections]
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Almond milk. I can get some eggs too. Fi nd around at Arnold’s, they only cost $1.39. But in any case, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I say all of that to say that I know that the feedback that I have received has been positive from some of those persons who are going to see a direct impact due to the …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes, I am alw ays optimistic, right? Because whether we like it or not, whether you sit on this side or that side, if Bermuda does well, we all do well.
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Okay? And if Bermuda does well, our people do well; each and every one of your co nstituents. So we can give the normal banter back and forth and stuff like that, but at the end of the day if Bermuda does well, then we all do well. I would hope that each and every one of us that is …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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All right. Because sometimes when we go through these booklets, and I encourage people, I tell my constituents, Go through it. I print them off and give them both, because sometimes you have to really take the time to see what is in it for you. Right? And I say, What is in it for you, whatever is for you …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I n any case, immigration is one of those ones [issues] where you must proceed with caution. [Crosstalk]
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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And not a caution of fear, Mr. Deputy Speaker, one of respect. And when you say “respect” for me, when I think of immigration, I think of . . . you touched on it in your words tonight. And it is the history of what immigration stands for for some people. And so when I move forward and you think …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Actually, it is $185 [million] — The Deputy Speake r: Yes.
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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—if you include the interest and payments. Mr . Deputy Speaker, when you become the Government you do not get —
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Sure. Mr. Deputy Speaker, when you take over the Government you do not always know what it going to come. My colleague actually said, When you took over the Government, you knew that it was coming. No, we could not have known that. Okay? And you should no t have to know that som ething like that is coming, Mr. …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Mr. Deputy Speaker, I just think sometimes people just have to stand up because I said, when you take over a Government you — The Deputy Speake r: Members, I would like to hear the Member at the back, please.
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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I said, when you take over a Government you cannot know. So I am not talking about the meetings that might have happened in the first Bermuda House of Assembly one or two months after you become the Government. I said on day one, when you take over the Gover nment you cannot know. Not to keep rising up and …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Deputy Speaker, all I am sa ying is that things like that, that is the thoughtfulness side of it. Right? Because that money is not mine. Right? It is not yours either. It is the people’s. So when we are managing their money, it goes . . . we should be caring. We should care how that money is …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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I definitely would not leave out St. George’s. I am thankful for the $1 million whi ch would be for the capital spending and within the town and local communities, and I look forward to working with the Government on making recommendations on how that money should and could be spent. And even to assist in any way that I …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Okay? [Inaudible interjections]
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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He chose that. He could have gone, I’m going aroun d the corner. Right? But the boat was sinking right there so he came up in St. George’s. And despite what each and every one of you say in this room, St. George’s is where it all star ted. [Inaudible interjections]
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Deputy Speaker, I am not li stening to that other commentary, you know, whatever they want to talk about. You and I both know what the fact is.
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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Gates Bay is where it all started. Okay? The Depu ty Speaker: Yes.
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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So, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I look forward to seeing marina legislation this year for St. George’s. Mr. Deputy Speaker, I look forward to World Heritage Site management’s legislation for St. George’s. I look forward to seeing improvements to the St. George’s Community Centre. Really, and I say it all the time, it is the best community centre on the Island. …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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I look forward to road paving in St. George’s. I look forward to an extension of the CC[TV] system in St. George’s. And while I am on my feet, I would also like to acknowledge . . . because we have a newspaper in St. George’s, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I think you probably ha ve a copy of it. But …