Speeches by Wayne Caines

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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12 words

—to the Dominican Republic — BELCO business, Madam Acting Speaker. [Inaudible interjections]

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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8 words

I am being led astray, Madam. [Inaudible interjections]

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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53 words

Yes, I have got my eye on the proverbial prize. When I landed in the Dominican Republic, there were 12 planes on the runway —12 planes on the runway! I landed as a man that has a responsibility for tourism — 1492 2 June 2023 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly [Laughter]

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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8 words

I am trying to . . . Madam—

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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I am trying! This is a very difficult —

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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—crowd from both sides.

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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12 words

One word, Dominican Republic, set the room alight. [Laughter and crosstalk ]

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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499 words

Until I told the name of the country. I saw 12 planes on the runway and as we went inside, I looked around and I said, This place is jumping! I went into the arrival hall and there were about 500 people in the arrival hall. They all had electricity, Madam. When I got to the conference, the Minister responsible …

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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302 words

—Mr. Deputy Speaker, we realise that we must enshrine in law concessions that make the deployment of capital in Bermuda for it to make sense. But you look at ROIs, or Returns of Investments, there are specific things that have to be in place for it to make sense for a business plan, for a business entity. This legislation is …

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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468 words

Now, just take that premise. If we are standardising the processes, if we are making a concession Act, well, they do not have to wonder or Bermuda House of Assembly gander at what we are doing. It is prescribed in the legislation. So, the very point that he is making, the legislation is actually making that point. We are not …

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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What I am saying . . . the hotel stayed vacant for a while because there were no . . . the absolute absence of the right concessions to attract people to Bermuda. [Inaudible interjections]

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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271 words

Now, now the Government is saying that we are at the precipice of do ing great things within tourism. Get out of your own way! Look at what we have to do to make tourism stronger. If this was a panacea, if this was a magic bullet, it could be done in absentia of anything else. We realise that this …

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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308 words

This is something that has to take place in order for the businesses to come to Bermuda. We should not resile from that. We need to make sure that this legislation and the discussion is robust. We need to hold each other accountable for it, but I would not resile from the fact that tourism is on the precipice of …

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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Masticatable. [Inaudible interjections]

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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Well, why don’t you look it up?

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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It is clear you do not know what it means —

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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Do not worry about what it means —

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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11 words

If you do not know what it means, MP Jackson —

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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3 words

MP Jackson —

2 Jun 2023 House of Assembly

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23 words

If you do not know what masticatable is, get your thesaurus out, or your dictionary. Those are my words, Mr. [Deputy] Speaker .