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David A. Burch

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24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank y ou, Mr . Speaker. WEST E ND DEVELOPMENT CO RPORATION ANNUAL R EPORT 2021
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, as the Minister with responsibility for the West End Development Corporation more colloquially known as WEDCO, I have the privilege to lay before this Honourable House the Corporation’s Annual Report for the year 2021. 1172 24 March 2023 Official Hansard Report Ber muda House of Assembly Mr. Speaker, the 2020/21 financial year was unprecedented. COVID -19 was ubiquitous. …
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I rise to provide this Honourable House and the people of Bermuda with yet another report on the state of the Island’s roads and the various ongoing trenching projects and a look forward on what to expect. Let me first say that I am well aware of the state of our roads as a daily user of them …
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank y ou, Mr . Speaker.
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, this Government has a vision, a vision for a more efficient and effective Government especially in relation to the quangos. As such, colleagues may recall in July of last year I stood here in this Honourable House and announced the Cabinet approval for the amalgamation of the West End Development Corporation (WEDCO) and the Bermuda Land Development Company …
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I am not sure when the loan matures, but it was 2006, so I’d say probably 20 years. About $4 million left on it.
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I do not have that authority. The Trust operates on their own. But I will say that HSBC have been extremely generous to the Trust, and we are hopeful that they will continue to be so.
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, no, I do not know what the amounts are. And that is the same question that the Shadow Minister asked. I have no idea how long it was, Mr. Speaker. But what I will say though, Mr. Speaker, is that when colleagues get the statement, and I can provide this copy to the Shadow Minister, they will see …
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, let me just first state that Dr. Cann Park is exhibit A as to why we should not do non- traditional builds in Bermuda.
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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It was cheaper, it was quicker, but it does not survive the elements in Ber-muda. So one of the biggest challenges is there are wooden staircases on all five buildings. And there have been significant challenges with the deterioration of them. But in relation to the Honourable Member’s question, there are elevators in each building. So that is a challenge …
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, that’s an easy answer; no. All of Flatts is done. Where they are starting from now , [which is] by the Whitney Institute, everything east of there has been done.
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Deputy Speaker, thank you. I first would like to be associated with the congratulations to Mrs. Wolffe on her 20 years of service in the civil service. I fondly remember what I think is one of her favourite comments in Westminster Parliament. It was quite generally to set out the standard that we should be adhering to in this …
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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I’ve got three minutes, don’t I?
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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I don’t need the whole three, so I have time. [ Laughter]
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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I would also like to be associated with the condolences to Mr. Gerald St. George Simons. He and his late wife were constituents of mine in Hill View. They were also members of our branch, and active members of the branch. He, Mr. Deputy Speaker, was probably one of the few people that you would know who was the same …
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. “BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House, in accordance with section 8 of the Base Lands Ber muda House of Assembly Development Act 1996 (“the Act”), approve the dis solution of the Bermuda Land Development Company (BLDC) so that it may be amalgamated with the West End Development Corporation (WEDCO).” Th e Deputy Speaker: Any …
24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I won’t need 20 minutes. Let me just say that as the Minister responsible to fix the problem that has been highlighted by the MPs for constituency 1 and 3, I had spoken to both of them before they spoke on the floor tonight, Mr. Speaker. And I will say this: It is a complicated issue; but it …
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I would.
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, articulated in both its 2017 and 2020 general election manifestos, this Government vowed to ensure more affordable housing is available for seniors and families, i ncrease the stock of affordable housing throughout the country and expand rent -geared- to-income pr ogrammes. Mr. Speaker, I rise today for the purpose of providing more evidence that this Government stands by …
10 Mar 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker. The Speake r: Yes.