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30 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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If the facts . . . if the facts, the evidence, the data, speak to Two Bermudas, then we have [the] responsibility to talk about it so that we can remedy those disparities. Hon. Patricia J. Gordon -Pamplin: I did not have a problem with that.
30 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . Mr. Speaker, in the last 24 or 36 hours we have, as a community, as a society, been subjected to the news that in two separate neighbourhoods there were gunshots fired. One could be mistaken into think ing that we were living in Mexico or the inner -city USA, parts of Great Britain, Central or …
30 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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—they have been virtually immune to those impacts. And, Mr. Speaker, the Member for the other side interpolates Rubbish! [Inaudible interjections]
30 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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No, no, listen—
30 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Well, as I said, Mr. Speaker—
30 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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—we have seen none of those impacts in Bermuda’s white community. None. And we go again about these impacts —gang vi olence, gang formation, poor educational outcomes, exacerbation of poverty (real and relative), and, as I said, a pre- existing or exacerbation of pre- existing racial disparities. So, the question before us, Mr. Speaker, is, Are we goi ng to …
30 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Tenable.
30 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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It is, actually, tenuous. Mr. Speaker, let me leave with this thought here, and I have said it before. I have a young lady in my constituency. She was earning $7.50 an hour in a restaurant. She was working a six -day week, no overtime pay, and she was deemed a part -time employee. Over two weeks, she worked 96 …
30 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Do not shoot me. I am just a messenger. Whereas for black Bermudians, unemployment has been persistently high. This is what we need to address, Mr. Speaker , the structural and systemic issues which are impacting upon the various racial disparities and which are being exacerbated, to use that word again, by the ever -growing levels of income inequality in …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, firstly, I would like to offer condolences to the family of Mr. Kenny Paul.
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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I was not sure if somebody had mentioned it. I was out a little earlier. Mr. Kenny Paul, for many of us who are lifelong St. George’s fans, we always remember him, those of us over a certain age, of being part of that St. George’s dynasty in the early years that went on to dominate Cup Match for close …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Pardon me?
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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The “BELCO strike,” yes. [They] were determined to ensure that the conditions that existed over there because of the lack of union representation were going to be addressed. Of course, many of us know how that turned out. And Mr. Paul, I think qui te unfairly, was arrested, tried and spent some time in prison, I would say as a …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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No, I am not going to . . . Okay, Mr. Speaker. I thank you for the time. And I think it was time well spent. Thank you so much. The Sp eaker: Thank you. We recognise the Member from constituency 10. Honourable Member, you have the floor. Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will …
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the Member characterised single- payer systems, and I assume variations of those systems in other countries, as having failed and bankrupted those respective c ountries. Certainly, you have variations of single- payer systems in Europe. And I do not believe that it can be demon-strated that those systems have bankrupted those respective developed countries. [ Inaudible interjection]
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Mislea ding the House, in other words. Thank you.
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker. Official Hansard Report 16 N ovember 2018 59 Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: Is it . . . let’s try and just let him develop his point. But I will take this, and then we are going to let him move on out. Okay? POINT OF ORDER [Misleading]
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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The Member is misleading the House, Mr. Speaker. The interpolation was that Canada . . . we should move there. Is Canada a socialist country?
16 Nov 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, thank you for acknowledging me here. Mr. Speaker, after hearing the Opposition Leader go through a fairly lengthy list of accomplis hments of the OBA Government, I am going to echo what was said by my colleague from constituency 24, and pose the following question: If the claims of the great benefits bestowed by an OBA Government to …