Speeches by Rolfe Commissiong

17 Jul 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker.

17 Jul 2020 House of Assembly

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Yes, it is, sir.

17 Jul 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank you for acknowledging me.

17 Jul 2020 House of Assembly

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Yes, sir. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank you for ack nowledging me. It is not easy to hear what we heard from the former Minister Caines. He comes from a family who has always been involved in public service and a family who have a deep and abiding involvement in our community. The same applies to Zane De Si …

17 Jul 2020 House of Assembly

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Yes, that is the Latin. Yes, I am aware of that, MP. And thank you for that. I was just translating it into English. PLP THIRD -YEAR ANNIVERSARY

17 Jul 2020 House of Assembly

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But July 18 th, which is t omorrow, which marks the third anniversary of the PLP Government’s victory, seems like 1,000 years away now. It seems so long ago. And there is one reason why I think I can make that assertion with some conf idence. It is because the epochal change that oc curred Bermuda House of Assembly with …

3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker.

3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if I may very quickly, I was heartened to hear the comments by Opposition Mem-ber Jeanne Atherden with respect to those young men who were horribl y injured, particularly Mr. Williams. I remember my wife and I taking a short walk on the Harbour Road, and during the time of the so- called lockdown. …

3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly

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I will like to speak to that, Mr. Speaker, but obviously I do—

3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly

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Yes, sir. Obviously, I do not object to that!

3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you so much. Mr. Speaker, there are certain f ictions that we as Bermudians —and we call ourselves Bermudians, and from a standpoint we are— hold dearly to. So, while we describe ourselves as Bermudians, nowhere by way of a legal or constitutional construct in our Constitution, for example (which is the final word on matters to do with …

3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly

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

3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly

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The Member is misleading the House and misleading the country. The Member full well knows that all of the re levant statistics note that our personal relationships indicate that Black s are socioeconomically marginalised in this country. All of the stats indicate that. Is she going to say that this is not true, Mr. Speaker?

3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, point of order. Mr. Speaker, the Member full well knows that it was I who made that comment —

3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly

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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.

3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly

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The Member is misleading the Hous e again. What she is saying is not evidenced based. The racial disparities are clear on almost every area of Bermuda life. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker.

19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good morning. Mr. Speaker, firstly, I would need to associate, of course, with the comments, the kind comments of condolences expressed on the passi ng of former MP Kenny Bascome’s mother. I did not know her. My in-laws are related to her through the Foggo line. And I just really feel for our former Member because, …

19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker.

19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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It is Rolfe Commissiong.