Speeches by Ben Smith, MP

19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Speaker: Thank you.

19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker. I am here.

19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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We can go to lunch, and I will start when we come back.

19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker.

19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is interesting how perception can change depending on the circumstances. So, pr ior to COVID -19 there were some comments and there was some language around the grocery stores and the wholesalers that was more in the line of them being very greedy and them treating people in a certain way. And over …

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Yes. Good morning, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Thank you to the Honour able Minister for the Statement. I would like to ask, now that the Minister gave the decision to not reopen in phase 3, was the input of the teachers, the union of teachers and parents soli cited prior to taking the decision specifically to not open in phase 3? …

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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With that information, is the Minister able to tell us what the feedback was from the stak eholders specifically for reopening . . . of not reopening in phase 3, and instead reopening in September? Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: The feedback was varied. Some people wanted schools to reopen as soon as possible. Some people wanted us to wait …

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you. Second question.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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So, obviously this is not usual, and the Minister has had to come up with a bunch of sol utions for us to move forward. But my question is, Has an analysis been done at this point on what impact this change in the learning process and how things were being done, the impact on the students and how they …

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Minister. As we all know —

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Yes. Supplemental. So as we go with the challenges of dealing with, you know, having meetings online and trying to gain confidence online, as a teacher who is standing in front of a classroom normally, when they get the opportunity to see their students and see if a student potentially is struggling in a certain area, that could then create …

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Minister. You mentioned in that response that —

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Supplementary.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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You mentioned in your respo nse that all over the world everyone is having to deal with this and it has changed the way learning is being deli vered. Is there a certain model that we are following? Because there are going to be some people who are going to do this well, and there are going to be some …

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you very much.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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No further questions. Thank you.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Yes. Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Yes. We would like to firstly say that we support the amendment and the changes that are being made. In this unprecedented time that we are dealing with now, there have had to be changes made in order to give flexibility to the Government so that it can move as quickly as possible, while being mindful of the rights of …

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Good evening, Mr. Speaker.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you for this opportunity and good evening to all my colleagues. The Honourable Premier announced last night that we will be moving to phase 3 next week, on June 11th, as long as everything is staying at the same level that it is now and we do not see any spikes in cases. This news will be welcomed information …