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Susan E. Jackson

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15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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But it just feels like the Government will give as a favour without actually addressing the elephant in the room which is the Motor Car Act and the Regulations. It is wonderful to get cash. But why are we kicking the can down the road when it comes to the Regulation and the review of the Regulation to bring it …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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—speak slowly. [Laughter]
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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I have written it right here.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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So I am going to stay calm —
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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—and speak slowly.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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And because I know that the Payroll Amendment Act is going to take place next week, I will save my in- depth comments for there.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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And I want to leave you with something that really rattled me when it comes to fairness. In June of this year the Transport Minister brought a piece of legislation to this House in order to increase the size of electric cars in Bermuda. We all said yes. We came back from our summer recess, Mr. Speaker, and the first …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Is this fair? I do not have to answer that. It looked like Auto Solutions car dealership had moved to the House of Parliament. [Laughter]
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Now Mr. Speaker, we all know Ministers do not have to pay for tyres. They do not have to pay for suspension. They do not have to pay to realign their steering. And the rest of us have to drive around in that old car one more year because the cost of livin g is so high. And because we …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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I am just hearing this for the first time. Hon. Wayne L. Furbert: Oh, [this is] the first time you are hearing this? The Honourable Member knows that she catches the ferry across from Paget sometimes. And 1.3 talks about [the] impact of bus fare media, and we know . . . They know that we put the digital fare …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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Promises, promises, promises. Hon. Wayne L. Furbert: Mr. Deputy Speaker, we talked about electric and hybrid technology. They are not aware, but my Cabinet colleagues and my caucus colleagues are aware that we are working on electric ferries.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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And brand- new cars, right? Hon. Wayne L. Furbert: We are working on electric ferries. [Inaudible interjections ] Hon. Wayne L. Furbert: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Project Ride Training [Programme], the paper is in progress. Mr. Deputy Speaker, we talked about cruise ships. Let me tell you about cruise ships.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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What about the eyeglasses? Hon. Wayne L. Furbert: We are trying to make these lives easier. And we will deal with the eyeglasses, but I am talking about that in the paper. But my point, Mr. Speaker, we are trying to make life easier for the people of Bermuda.
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Will the Honourable Minister please provide this Honourable House with the total number of taxi vehicle licenses granted in each of the years from 2017 until present? QUESTION 2: MONTHLY REPORTS REQUIRED BY TCD FROM TAXI DISPATCHERS/DISPATCHING SERVICES
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Will the Honourable Minister please provide this Honourable House with the monthly reports required to be provided to the Transport Control Department by all Taxi Dis-patchers/Dispatching services (i.e. monthly re-ports on number of taxis, trips, hours, cal ls, frequent pick up location, etc. required to be provided per Regulation 17 of the Motor Taxi Regulations 1952), for each of the …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you and good morning,
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I have done intensive research. Public domain or not, I am going to accept that. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask a supplementary question: All the government board lists is the names of people who sit on the government boards. So, I would like to ask the Minister if he would just list the professional titles of …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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No, I have not. And I have done extensive research.
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Well, Mr. Speaker, I would just beg to ask the question, Why there is so much defen-siveness around listing the government board mem-bers for the Public Service Vehicle Licensing Board? [Inaudible interjections and general uproar ]
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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That is this year. But 2017 to 2022 have no longer been on any site that I have access to, or the public have access to. [Inaudible interjections]