Speeches by The Hon. Tinee Furbert, JP, MP

22 May 2020 House of Assembly

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I also wanted to highlight the fact that Bermuda has a very great COVID -19 testing r egime. And you may have heard it in the news or through social media, and also the Premier and the Minister of Health, you know, have reported on our progress as a country as it relates to testing. In actuality, Bermuda is ranked …

22 May 2020 House of Assembly

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—that we have access now to testing kits and testing supplies and testing centres. The ability to test or . . . sorry, we must not be afraid to get tested because I know sometimes with any sort of diagnostics that people usually do not want to find out whether or not they have some sort of condition. And so …

14 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know sometimes you cannot see me back here.

14 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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I feel like I get blocked off back here. [Inaudible interjection]

14 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Yes. So, good afternoon to my colleagues and the listening audience, but I feel it prudent that I st and up today to speak to this very issue of the name change of the holiday to the Mary Prince Day. I stand here as a woman. I stand here as a black woman of the Pr ogressive Labour Party. And …

14 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would just like to start by thanking the Mini ster for bringing this legislation forward. And I also thank the team that worked on this legislation. It is a very meaty piece of legislation that we are having to go through today. But as I look around this room, I see lots of devices around …

14 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. B ecause, again, I just want to highlight the significance of this legislation to the Island of Bermuda. I speak to a page in the RG Magazine. It was a winter issue of 2019 in which an educator is speaking about technology and the use of technology in Bermuda. And the educ ator speaks to when …

14 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . I am going to be brief. I just wanted to congratulate Bermuda College on a job well done. Bermuda College and their team, I know that they work hard, and I just wanted to congratulate them on a job well done. I particularly want to speak to the Academic Resource Centre and to highlight that …

14 Feb 2020 House of Assembly

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And work, yes. So, again, thank you to the Bermuda College for their thorough Annual Report. I just wanted to highlight those areas of interest to myself. Thank you, Mr. Speaker .

31 Jan 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning.

31 Jan 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I would like to send condolences to the family and friends of Ms. Betty Ann Louise Pierre, —

31 Jan 2020 House of Assembly

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—a PLP member and supporter, stalwart of the Progressive Labour Party. I would just like to remember her at this time and remember her family. It is very difficult to lose a loved one. And we just want them to know that we will continue to keep her in our thoughts. We will continue to keep the fam ily in …

31 Jan 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Honourable Minister explained that this Bill is a very simple one; it is self -explanatory, as well. And it is an amendment of clarity for the people of Bermuda to better understand that chattel property mortgages, again, like the previous Member spoke of, their recordkeeping will remain with the Registrar General, and that the land …

29 Nov 2019 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Thank you to my colleague as well for allowing me to speak before him. I want to speak a little bit to health. I want to speak a little bit to health. And first I want to start by congratulating all those health practices t hat are out there who have a collaborative team. Those …

29 Nov 2019 House of Assembly

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No! And if you asked anyone around this room in regard to consultation, with the many meetings that we had, town hall meetings, who comes?

29 Nov 2019 House of Assembly

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Nobody engages. So, there is a reciprocal level of engagement. Ther e are levels of engagement that we want to see our people partic ipating in. You cannot just say that we are making decisions; that is what we are here to do. We are here to be leaders and to make decisions that we feel are in the best …

15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly

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Number 4.

15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Som etimes I think I wish I had a red light back here . . . back here we get missed some times.

15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly

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But Mr. Speaker, I do want to speak to this Bill. It is a long -awaited Bill, particularly for those peopl e who find themselves in hardship—for our seniors and also for employers. I have had constituents call me numerous times, Mr. Speaker, and they want to sit down and talk to me in regard to their pension and how …

27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly

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I had a question.