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The Hon E. David Burt, JP, MP

The Hon E. David Burt, JP, MP

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20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Premier said he was hoping that we could be less acrimonious. And that is a noble intent, Mr. Speaker. But to be less ac-rimonious [would mean] that the people of this country could actually believe that their representatives, whether they be on the backbench of the Government or be on the Opposition, who speak for those persons who …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Because when we see robberies taking place in this country on a more frequent basis, we must think about the root causes of this. And the root causes come from lack of opportunity and lack of education. We have failed our children. And the “we” is a collective “we” from the United Bermuda Party to the Progressive Labour Party to …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Minister is misleading the House. The Accountant General came to the Public Accounts Committee and said the Gover nment was not following instructions and wrote to the Government. In addition, if the Honourable Minister says we are losing no money, why is there a $30 million line item for the airport redevelopment in our Budget Book?
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Accountant General did not recant his position. The Honourable A ccountant General said they are working through it. The facts remain that the Accountant General wrote to the Minister of Finance, said that he felt that this was a separate sole sourced opportunity and he was not replied to by the very Ministry that went ahead with the …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Would the Honourable Minister of Finance please inform the public and inform me when I said that we are going to sell the airport, or you are going to sell the airport, please? Hon. E. T. (Bob) Richards: I saw it on television. [Inaudible interjections and laughter ] Hon. E. T. (Bob) Richards: That is right. I saw it on …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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What I said very clearly was that Aecon can sell the airport contract to somebody else—
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Very simple.
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, if I may. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker.
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, in the Minister’s answer which he just gave, he said that there were some additional items that were required for the private sec-tor or for lenders to have confidence. Is he saying that this deal would not have gone through if it were not for the Government guarantee?
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, question number 1 that I have for the Honourable Minister. 1548 21 March 2016 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: Yes. QUESTION 1: MORGAN’S POINT LIMITED, GO VERNMENT GUARANTEE
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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At the very beginning of his Statement, he said, “Mr. Speaker, in accordance with section 2AA(3) of the Government Loans Act 1978 . . .” Mr. Speaker, if I may, section 2AA of the Go vernment Loans Act states the following, that a loan may be made (and I quote) “on such terms and condi-tions as may be determined by …
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. As a supplementary.
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Minister offered to provide those. I would accept that he should pr ovide them, but I think that according to the Act, they should be tabled in this Parliament so the entire country can know what the terms and conditions are. Mr. Speaker, as a supplementary, will the Honourable Minister please inform this Honourable House the individual tranches …
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I will ask my second supplementary. But I find it interesting that we are debating, we are actually discussing government guar-antees and the Minister of Finance cannot tell me how much money the Government has actually guara nteed. Mr. Speaker — Hon. E. T. (Bob) Richards: Mr. Speaker, that is not true. Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker —
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Second supplementary is, follo wing on what the Minister has just stated regarding the total amount versus the individual amounts, can the Honourable Minister please indicate in combination how much the total amount of guarantees he has ex ecuted thus far against the $165 million ceiling?