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Walton Brown

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15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Which is precisely why I just asked the question whether I would be permitted to just speak to it, because it would be part of Hansard. [Inaudibl e interjections]
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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And I can . . . and you give me permission.
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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All right. “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 RESOLVED” —and this is a critical point —“BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House invites the Government to revisit the Immigr ation …
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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And that has been embraced by the Government and I would now like to call for a . . . I call on a closure for the motion to vote. The Cler k: Just so we are on the same page, I am going to read the amended motion. Okay? Standing Order 24(2), motion to be moved by Mr. C. …
15 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes. The Depu ty Speaker: So everyone is clear on the motion that we have before us? [Inaudible interjections] The Depu ty Speaker: All those in favour, say Aye. AYES. The Depu ty Speaker: All those not in favour, say Nay. [No audibl e reply] The Dep uty Speaker: The Ayes have it. [Desk t humping]
13 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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—Mr. Speaker —
13 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I wish I could laugh along with you, but . . .
13 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I not singing and I do not have my harmonica. I will not comment any further. Let me just rise to be associated with the comments, the condolences for Mr. Flood, out on Stovell Bay Road, Mr. Speaker. I grew up two houses down from Mr. Flood, so I have known him basically my entire . . . since I …
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning, coll eagues.
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I would like for the Minister just to answer whether or not we may be in danger of overcomplicating something that is relatively straightforward insofar as we do not recognise foreign licences ; therefore, we are not being recognised. Is there not a very simple remedy for that, just to be in the position to recognise licences of other countries?
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Point of order. Point of order, Mr. Speaker .
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Minister is i mpugning the integrity of my Leader, and I would ask that she withdraw that remark.
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . I am obliged for that recognition. I see we are going to have a very interesting evening tonight. Mr. Speaker, why are we here? We are here because we have an obligation to do the people’s business. We have an obligation to focus on putting policies, programmes, and legislation in place to e nsure an …
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I know what it means, but it is a [Inaudible interjection]
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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A mantra, our m otto—Quo fata Ferunt. He embraced it! It is a recipe for passivity. On this side of the House, Mr. Speaker, we are talking about concrete initiatives and mobilising the capital into this economy. The Bermuda Fund. It is a brilliant concept because it wil l help to provide seed funding for small businesses or new businesses …
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I did not say “fraudul ent” although I am not going to disagree with my honourable co lleague, because he does have some interesting o bservations. But I did say “Freudian” for the record. But a Freudian slip can be as potent as an actual fraudu-lent slip. Mr. Speaker, let us get to a few of the partic ular components …
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I am not . . . it was not him. But a $30 million . . . it is public knowledge, a $30 million paycheque. He paid tax on it as if it was $750,000. So let us say you increase it now to $900,000, so you pay tax on it as if it was $900,000, but anything over is …
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Corrections?
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Corrections officers. See, I cannot get the nomenclature right. Corrections officers? I will still probably call him a prison officer to his face. Okay, I have to learn about that. I will learn to do bet-ter. But, Mr. Speaker, the stories I was given from the corrections officer is that it has led to less security in Wes tgate—I cannot …
3 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Well, it was not because of the global recession, it was because of the term limits?