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The Hon E. David Burt, JP, MP

The Hon E. David Burt, JP, MP

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21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, question 2, if I may.
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, question number 2 is, How does the government guarantee indicate confidence in the developer and/or the project? Would it not stand to reason that if there was confidence in the budget, they would be able to raise the money them-selves?
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I ask a second supplementary, or a first supplementary (sorry). Mr. Speaker, since the Ritz -Carlton does not come on board under 2018, what are the criteria to be fulfilled to complete the branding by Ritz?
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the question is, Given that the Ritz -Carlton Reserve, which has been announced, does not come on board until 2018, the question I am asking the Minister is, is he aware of the criteria that has to be fulfilled by the company, which we are providing this guarantee for —what criteria must be fulfilled in order to complete …
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Third question, Mr. Speaker.
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the Minister for the response. Mr. Speaker, if the conditions prec edent are not met, or if the construction does not finish, or otherwise, what are the Government’s liabilities to the companies providing the financing?
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, Mr. Speaker.
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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In the Government’s extending $165 million taxpayer guarantee for this project, can the Government state what requirements did they have of the developers to put up any of their own money and/or equity?
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, my final supplementary is, is the Minister comfortable in essentially guaranteeing a private development? Is he comfortable in playing the role of picking winners and losers in a market economy?
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, first, I would like to associate myself with the congratulations that have been sent to the winners at the Outstanding Teen Awards. And I would like to give special recognition to one of my constituents, Ms. Nia Daley, who actually won two awards on that evening. She won the Community Service Award, and she …
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, it is not my choice. She is following the alma mater of her family. And that is her decision. Howard University is a fine institution.
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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And it is a fine institution. That school, most of its alumni . . . well, I will put it that way. To move on, Mr. Speaker, I would like to extend als o congratulations, keeping it local, to Pembroke West Central. I would like to extend my congratulations to the Western Stars Sports Club and the Dandy Town Hornets, …
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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And I will most certainly associate the Honourable Member from constituency 16 and the Honourable Leader of the Opposition in the congrat ulations for the Western Stars Sports Club on their achievement, once again proving that they recently continue to be one of the most dominant teams in Bermuda’s football, but continuing a very long run of lots and lots …
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, and a special shout -out to the Coach, Mr. Jomar Wilkinson. And finally, Mr. Speaker, I would like to add the congratulations on this side to the people of this country, for the demonstration of people power which we have seen over the last week, and especially that to Ms. Enda Matthie, who kind of started that motion. It …
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, and good evening to you.
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker. Point of order.
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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It is [imputing] improper motives to state that it is “malicious” to inform constituents of this country the result of a Government Bill on their poc ketbooks. I would ask the Minister to withdraw that.
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Madam Chairman. Madam Chairman, just a point of order. We are on clause 3 of the [original Bill] in front of us, which is the Land Tax Amendment (No. 2) Act 2015. That reads “In section 3A(4) of the principal Act, delete ‘$50,000’ in each place and substitute ‘$29,000.’” AMENDMENT TO CLAUSE 3
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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I do not believe the Honourable Minister actually moved the amendment. He read what he would like it to be, but we have to amend what the actual clause says. So I would like to move that we amend this clause by substituting $29,000 and replacing it with $45,400 —
21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Let me make sure that I get it right—$44,500. [Inaudible interjections]