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Ben Smith, MP

Ben Smith, MP

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28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
150 words
It is not doom and gloom; it is reality. Bermuda House of Assembly And that is the thing that I started with because it is important that the Finance Minister was measured when he was talking. This is not rai nbows and it is not the end of the world. But you have to un-derstand that it is a serious …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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30 words
If we do not figure out how to get along with each other; if we do not figure out how to have a plan that is for everybody. [Inaudible interjections]
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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11 words
And not just rhetoric. And not just pointing fingers. [Inaudible interjections]
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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70 words
Because that is what we really need to be doing. The population is tired of just the noise. We have to figure out how, as a community, together, no matter whether you are from Front Street or Back o’ Town, whether you have a big bank account or no bank account at all, because in Bermuda, right now, it is …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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41 words
And that does not have anything to do with this side or that side. And understand that this same problem happens for our international business. They cannot get the bank account either. So, let’s solve those problems together. [Desk thumpi ng]
31 Jan 2020 House of Assembly
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4 words
Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
31 Jan 2020 House of Assembly
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38 words
Supplementary. I am wondering if the Minister is able to let us know if there is any way for the public to know what the tax added on items is when they are actually bu ying the item?
31 Jan 2020 House of Assembly
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75 words
Yes, Mr. Speaker. Is the Minister able to let us know whether any of the items that are within the sugar tax that have been added potentially are healthy items that happen to have a bit of sugar in them? Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: Minister. Hon. Curtis L. Dickinson: Mr. Speaker, I am trying to be profound here, …
31 Jan 2020 House of Assembly
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111 words
Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker. I would like to give congratulations to Flora Duffy for her win over the weekend in the Ironman 70.3 in South Africa. Obviously, as she is preparing this year, hopefully to do something big in Tokyo, we want to m ake sure that we are giving her well wishes. I would also like to wish good …
31 Jan 2020 House of Assembly
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8 words
Most important thing for the day. Thank you.
31 Jan 2020 House of Assembly
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112 words
Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker. I would like to take this opportunity to talk about the state of the economy in Bermuda. We have an issue in Bermuda where the concern level has reached a critical state. It does not take long for you to see the signs of the times that we are in. The retail sector has been in …
31 Jan 2020 House of Assembly
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8 words
I am a Bermudian. That is my interest.
31 Jan 2020 House of Assembly
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5 words
Okay. So? [ Inaudible interjections]
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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37 words
We are still continuing to hear what is, in essence, a Throne Speech. If there was a plan for us to have the ability for both sides to have the same o pportunity, that is one thing—
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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86 words
—but for one person to be able to get up and speak , and for us not to have the same ability in the House to respond the way it would have been done in a Throne Speech . . . We woul d have accep ted a different plan, but that is not what has happened so far. What …
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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156 words
Mr. Speaker. Point of order, Mr. Speaker. POINT OF ORDER [Misleading] Mr. Ben Smith: The Honourable Premier is mi sleading the House. It seems that if we are not having a Throne Speech, we are at least having a speech about a Throne Speech. So, either way, you are still trying to get a Throne Speech in by either having …
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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4 words
Good evening, Mr. Speaker.
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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99 words
I also would like to thank the team that put together this report. And I would like to thank the Honourable Minister for opening a dialogue that we actually started earlier today. The Immigration Reform Committee has spent a long time going through all of the steps that we have had to go through to deal with immigration. And there …
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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1,464 words
We are looking at the reform of how we are going to, in essence, put Band-A ids on what immigration is going to look like, going forward— this is not an easy process. The Minister has touched on a lot of those points. When we are sitting in that room, the discussion points are not just one- sided. So, you …
27 Sep 2019 House of Assembly
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761 words
Good afternoon, Mr. Deputy Speaker . I would like to thank the Minister for providing the brief for the Bill for today. I would like to say that we support wholeheartedly the extension of maternity leave. In preparing for this, I spent some time looking at some of those same studies that the Minister was referring to and the positive …