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Walton Brown

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20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Well, the Minister is misleading the House, because I have been very clear and con-sistent in my support for both civil unions and samesex marriage. Hon. Patricia J. Gordon -Pamplin: Well, if I can just remind the Honourable Member —
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Point of clarification. Or — [Crosstalk]
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I think it is a point of clarification. Will the Minister, or is the Minister prepared to commit to underwriting the expenses for them to go to a third country if a third country can be identified that will take them?
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Honourable Minister just said that, by way of an update, the UK are now reviewing the applic ation for naturalisation for three of the four Uighurs. I guess my question would be, Given the UK insistence since 2009 that there is absolutely no legal procedure whatsoever by which they could be naturalised or gi ven …
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker .
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Madam Acting Speaker. On this side of the House, Madam Acting Speaker, we are prepared to support this regulation as a matter of practicality, not because of enthusiasm or because we are particularly aligned with the Gov-ernment philosophy on these matters. This question brings into relief the issue of whether we have the right tax structure for dealing with ways …
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker . Madam Deputy Speaker, I move the following motion, notice of which was given on February 10 th 2017: “WHEREAS Bermuda’s entertainers are a critically important part of our history, culture, and tourism fabric; and whereas there is an abundance of locally available, exceptionally talented musicians, singers, and other performance and visual artists; “BE IT …
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Brook Benton, Tom Jones —a number of different artists because they appealed to a wide segment of tourists. But the one thing tourists want is local entertainment. Yes, we have the Follies . . .Greg Thompson’s the Follies. And I always wanted to go the Follies because there was one very compel-ling characteristic of the Fol lies’ performance that I …
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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—but if you want Lawrence Welk music, I am sure there is a venue somewhere where you can get that. [Inaudible interjection]
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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So, Madam Deputy Speaker , this bar or this club would seek out among a list of locally available talent what genre it wanted. But the cha llenge today is that the Government has decided . . . not decided, the Government has amended the policy to say that all a business has to do is place an ad in …
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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—and I do not need to have any musical accompaniment to my presentation today. [Inaudible interjection]
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I do not need those kinds of props. So that is a challenge and so we are asking the Government to move back to the pre- 2014 pos ition. There is no tax consequence. There is no decline in revenue anywhere. But what you would do is you would create a greater set of opportunities for the plethora of local …
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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He needs to pay attention because he is not paying attention. I know it is late— Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: I distracted him.
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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You distracted him. But the point is that the traveller’s dues are part of that closed shop arrangement —
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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A closed shop. The money is used by the Entertainers Union to support the enter-tainers, to provide scholarships for prospective entertainers and, therefore, helping to create more and more local talent. The Government needs to revisit this and make it a requirement that when you send in your ap-plication for a work permit for entertainers you include that section, the …
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Just a point of — The Deputy Spea ker: Clarification? POINT OF CLARIFICATION
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Clarification. The Motion very clearly is meant as a moral imperative. It says “the House rejects.” The House can reject or accept whatever it wants; it has no obv ious incumbency upon the Government to do anything. So just for the sake of clarity, it is a moral argument that we are making and we cannot, in this Parliament, determine …
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Madam Deputy Speaker, this debate has been an opportunity for all of us to share our views on the importance of the entertainment sector to our cul-ture, to tourism, and job opportunities. It has been a robust debate. I think it is important to clarify a few points. In calling for a rejection of Immigration …
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Mem ber has just said that if we make an amendment to say that . . . to encourage the Government to revisit the Immigration policy they will support it. I will take the Minister at her word and I am going to come to that in my final com-ment. The Minister also said that if we support …
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Okay, was it one performance?