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The Hon. Zane De Silva, JP, MP

The Hon. Zane De Silva, JP, MP

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27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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I am trying to get to a point, yes. You might reme mber things like, Let yourself go, that was the brainstorm of that particular Minister at the time. I say that because it is an important role, the Chairman of this Board. It is an important role. While there has been much talk about the CEO, I think the …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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— person also is — [Gavel]
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Chairman, Mr. Dodwell, also is a shar eholder in the company that has the 9 Beaches lease which owes the Government a lot of money. Now, he may be a minority shareholder but I know Members of the Progressive Labour Party that have been minorit y shareholders of companies and in this House when those, …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Bermudi ans have a right to know. If someone is going to Chair the almost $30 million purse of the taxpayers dollar and if you just take note of the few things that I just mentioned, they have a right to know. I would want to know, Mr. Speaker, if I had $30 million and I am going to hire …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Accept that. Accept that. — House of Assembly 2196 27 September 2013 Official Hansard Report
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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—Accepted, Mr. Speaker, accepted. No problem. But the 48 jobs will be re- advertised— word it as you wish, we have a few issues. One is, and I am sure—I hope the Minister has the information— What is it going to cost the taxpayer? What is it going to cost the taxpayer? It is easy to say, Well, we are …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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The Minister says no. Thank you for that. Great. Excellent. Good to hear because I do not know. W e have been told that any of the staff that do not, [who] are not fortunate to continue to work in that department will have opportunities to work elsewhere. Now, Mr. Speaker, that is okay and in this climate that is …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, and he is listening i ntently —
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will make sure that I keep my eyes cast on you.
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Look, you do not want me to dignify that comment with a remark, Mr. Speaker, you might throw me out! [Laughter]
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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But, actually, I was talking to someone earlier today that [said] you look very, very nice. In fact, Mr. Santucci was here. Pastor Santucci was here and he said that you cut your hair and I said, well he cut his beard, too, because when I knew him, I played football against him he had this beard way down here …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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With regard to the staff now, all I would ask the Minister to do is consider. You know, you may say, Well, look. Marc Bean is not going to lose his job. We are going to offer him a job over there in Health, or maybe another department within the Ministry. But let us be very aware that not everyone …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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It was an analogy, Mr. Speaker. I said it from the start.
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, thank you very much. The point is, the analogy, the example that I was setting, was no different than what the Honour able Member, Wayne Furbert, was trying to say. He said that at the end of the day we can talk all the pop-pycock we want, all the nice things people want to hear about …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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It is not happening, Mr. Speaker. I applaud the Minister. I applauded my Mi nister. Guys, look, we all work as Bermudians, I thi nk, to do our part. I stop tourists on the street. I see them, if they have a map, I stop them every time. Every time I stop. I tell my children, Look, this is what …
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Madam Depu ty Speaker.
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member certainly is misleading the House. We never said this is difficult for us. We have always said, and I said on my feet, that we certainly have . . . and I even men-tioned the former Premier saying that we do support. It is the mechanism and how you implement it.
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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There is no significant difference. [Inaudible interjections] House of Assembly
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Madam Depu ty Speaker.
27 Sep 2017 House of Assembly
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7 words
Point of order, Madam Depu ty Speaker.