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Susan E. Jackson

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15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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No further questions.
15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker, I am going to give it a go.
15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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I am going to start out with if it looks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, it’s a duck. It does not matter what the money in the excess . . . the borrowing fund that we are debating today is borrowed money that we are going to have to pay back.
15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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So regardless of everything else and all the wonderful things we are going to do this year with that money, we are going to have to pay that money back with interest. I am not a financier. I would love to know how much per person it is going to still cost to pay that money back. But I have …
15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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People who are paying for medical insurance right now are probably working and earning money. But there are still thousands of people in Bermuda who do not have any medical insurance, any medical coverage. So this means nothing to them. [ Inaudible interjections]
15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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It means nothing to them, Mr. Speaker. And they still have to pay that money back. They are going to have to pay it back. And any Customs duties they might run into or land taxes they may be scratching to get. Or maybe some car licence. They are just tryi ng to get around Bermuda the best way they …
15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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—the streets of Hamilton, Mr. Speaker, or get on the bus. [ Inaudible interjections]
15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Get on the bus! [ Inaudible interjections]
15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Get on the bus! Get on the bus! [ Inaudible interjections]
15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, there are a lot of people out there who we helped, the Government helped, when we were in COVID -19, not working. Helping with emergency services. That is what these funds are for. If you want to use that money for excess . . . whatever you are calling it, then give it to the people who genuinely …
15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Help out the seniors who are living at home who are not eating. Who are sick! And they are not paying their medical insurance. They are not! Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Point of order, Mr. Speaker. Point of order.
15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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They do not have that kind of money.
15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Whatever. [ Laughter]
15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, there are ways in which we could be providing money to the people who really, really need. And there a lot of them, Mr. Speaker. Now I am going to go just one step further and then I will take my seat. I am just curious, if we are not . . . I’m just . . . …
15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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I am just curious. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Chairman. Thank you so much. And I certainly would like to begin as well by thanking all the Members of the Ministry of Transport. It certainly is a critical service that they provide to the people of Bermuda, and I certainly am a bus rider, so I appreciate— [Inaudible interjection]
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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No, I am not a free bus rider yet, but I am getting there. And certainly, I enjoy riding the bus, and it is always pleasurable. But I do have some questions for the Minister. And I would like to begin on page B -201.
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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And I would like to focus, if you do not mind, Mr. Chairman . . . I would like to start with . . . excuse me. Well, I am going to start on page B -201 and just ask a very general question. And that is . . . given the fact that we are spending $68,426,000 a year …
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, and maybe if the Minister might be able to give us an indication of what some of those rebates might be . . . [Inaudible interjection]
11 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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I guess that that would be some form of either refund back to British Airways or certain benefits. I am not sure, which is why I am asking the Minister so the Minister can just say. [Inaudible interjection]