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Susan E. Jackson

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6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, and good morning,
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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I would like to ask the Minister a little bit about the financing of the rebuilding of the pier, or the extension of the pier. So, one, who is going to be paying for that? Is it going to be the three Bermuda quangos and ministry that was mentioned or the cruise ship line?
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, a supplementary.
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Will there be concessions put in place for the Norwegian Cruise Line and the building of this?
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Second supplementary.
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Will this affect right now the tax structure that is put in place for the cruise ships?
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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I have a second question. Thank you.
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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The projection for the number of cruise calls, and I believe it was like around 199, 200 and about 579,000 passengers coming. What preparations have been put in place to manage the traffic, both pedestrian and vehicular traffic, in and out of the cruise terminals to swiftly and orderly get our passengers about the Island?
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. And I am just asking the Minister, What kind of schedule or plan will be put in place to transport the passengers on our Bermuda roads? So, I understand about the ferries. But what about getting about the Island, to the beaches, to the attractions, et cetera? Because you can imagine 550 passengers getting off on Front Street.
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Can the Minister please confirm whether those larger ferries will be having a regular schedule to St. George’s?
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you. I would like to ask the Minister about remote working and whether the Department of Immigration has noticed a trend of Bermuda companies that are allowing for more remote working and whether that remote working is a direct incentive for Bermudians to then leave the Island because they can continue to work for a local company while they …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you—
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . I would like to say a few words. In general, a decrease in any kind of tax is certainly something that is sup-ported on this side. But I would like to just share a few comments. I am going to begin . . . at first, Mr. Speaker, I wanted to sort of talk about …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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They may now be paying less because they are not earning enough. But we will leave that to the side, Mr. Speaker . But the worst part that really bothers me, and I have brought this up in the House before, Mr. Speaker, 1 https://www.gov.bm/articles/minister -transport -responds -btoa- ahead- planned -protest I do not understand why a Labour Government continues …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Why even have it? It does not apply to payroll. And it is something that the UBP or somebody else came up with 50 years ago and they are still hanging on to it. It makes no sense except for politics because they get to say, Oh, we are reducing a price . So, we are going to leave that …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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We had the budget. We had the Budget Debate. We had all the legislation that was passed around the Budget Debate. We are now into March. Crickets, Mr. Speaker . And then September rolls around, which is the time when the taxi drivers start to renew their licence (which might be a better term for this payroll tax), they get …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Nine, ten months, the taxi industry is going to have to wait to realise this reduction. And to be honest with you, Mr. Speaker, I am not sure that the industry is going to be able to afford the $600 when we get to October 2025. [Inaudible interjections]
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Now, Mr. Speaker . . . Mr. Speaker, this industry, aside from the fact that this is a significant, historical and legacy industry for our country and, in particular, the service that they provide to the tourism industry which has grown by the way, Mr. Speaker, to some 800,000 projected for 2025. Eight hundred thousand visitors . . . that …
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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This is an industry for our Black disenfranchised Bermudian males.
29 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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The Government has said that over and over again, because I have been sitting in this chair since the beginning. [Inaudible interjections]