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Wayne Caines

347
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17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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6 words
If it pleases you, Mr. Speaker.
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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655 words
I think oftentimes we forget that we are actually on the same side. Sometimes we have the opportunity to highlight some things that we are doing well. Sometimes we have the opportunity to say these are things and the ways that they can be tweaked. I think we need to take all of the emotion out of this particular debate …
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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19 words
If we can scream from our seats, please let me know if the rules have changed, Mr. Speaker. [Laughter]
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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16 words
I stand to be corrected. And I thank the learned Member for his intervention. [Inaudible interjections]
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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149 words
I think it is most important for us to understand that we have a country and as much as we want to blame things and put it at the feet of the people in this room, this country . . . for a number of years, when we are talking about people in this industry, we had a big industry …
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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669 words
Now we are saying we need and we have to get investment coming into Bermuda. We are saying now these are the investments that we are doing. We look down to the countries in the Caribbean. How are they going with this investment? We know they have similar legislation that is allowing them to get this investment. We are now …
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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493 words
Mr. Speaker, I did not anticipate speaking tonight. Something that MP Famous said triggered a whirlwind of emotion and brought back a num-ber of emotions and triggered a number of thoughts that have been swirling in my head as I traversed through my day as I walked. We have a candidate who is almost 90 years old— 90 years old! …
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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477 words
You need to get up here and make sure we are okay. You need to come and you need to walk around. And guess what? I have to do more. I am responsible for my constituents. And I am privileged, I am humbled. This is the best opportunity that I have ever had to serve. Someone said, Service is the …
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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5 words
I beg pardon? [Inaudible interjection]
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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8 words
MP De Silva. [Inaudible interjections and laughter ]
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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3 words
Listen. [Inaudible interjections]
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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9 words
Listen. I am . . . I— [Inaudible interjections]
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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147 words
I . . . I . . . I am speaking from something that I think is deathly important. We are in a country where everybody wants to give credence to their perspective. And I think it is important. But I also think it is important that we all need to start rolling up our sleeves and being active. I …
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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2,210 words
Let’s go back again. We are liv ing in a country where we have over 3,000—3,000 is probably a hyperbole. We have over 1,000 people working in international business and in the main their businesses tell their employees that they cannot be involved in the . . . by being members of Parliament. So do you know what that creates? …
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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4 words
Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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44 words
I would like to acknowledge I heard some accolades being given to some, first for the women in government. And I noticed a glaring omission. And I would like to acknowledge the first female Senior Magistrate in Bermuda, the Worshipful Maxanne Anderson. [Desk thumping]
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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7 words
I would like to declare my interest.
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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399 words
The Senior Magistrate is responsible for a number of our courts. The Senior Magistrate is most committed to some of our treatment courts which include and are not limited to the Drug Treatment Court and the Mental Health Court, the Probation Court and the newly formed Juvenile Court that will come above the parapet in the not -to-distant future. Mr. …
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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6 words
If it pleases you, Mr. Speaker.
8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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2,151 words
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, recently I had to purchase a new black suit. Mr. Speaker, the question I am sure that is burning you as you sit there is, Why, MP Caines, did you have to purchase a new suit? Mr. Speaker, did I purchase a suit because I am a purveyor of men’s fine haberdashery? In these …