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Dr. Douglas De Couto, JP, MP

Dr. Douglas De Couto, JP, MP

1768
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28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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18 words
There is no fund explicitly named . . . explicitly named — Bermuda House of Assembly [Inaudible interjections]
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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6 words
Misleading the House, Madam Deputy Speaker.
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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17 words
There is no fund named “ excess borrowing fund” in any legislation. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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7 words
Yes. A point of order. Pardon me.
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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47 words
He is misleading the H ouse. He is implying that our party does not support those raises and that we are somehow against the public service by the use of his language. And it is not true. And I would ask him to retract it. [Inaudible interjections]
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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2 words
Thank you.
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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57 words
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Because I know there is great anticipation on the other side as to what the Opposition thinks about this— [Inaudible interjections and laughter ] Dr. Douglas DeCouto: Let me just cut to the chase just to let them know that we, of course, we do sup-port this. Hon. L. Craig Cannonier: Yes.
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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54 words
The Junior Minister referred in fact to all the great many people involved in this process—whether they be people who have been consulted, the various people in the industry, the stakeholders, the people working internally with the Gov-ernment. This is an example of the success story of Bermuda, Inc., Madam Deputy Speaker. [Inaudible interjections]
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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464 words
And yes, of course. We have been very good about this one. And part of that has been, in fact the fulsome consultation, the engaging with the experts, the way it aligns with the strengths of Bermuda as a jurisdiction. And I do want to commend the Government on this. Some of the features of this are in fact, for …
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman. I do have a question on clause 2, inserting Part 8A and the sections 46C, 46D and 46E , because [section] 46D, [subsection] (2), refers to a civil penalty that “may” be imposed, whereas otherwise throughout the clauses the words “shall be imposed” are used. I want to make sure that that is on purpose. …
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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[Section] 46 . . . I am referring to [clause 2], the newly inserted section 46D, [subsection] (2), the civil penalty that may be imposed. [Pause] Hon. Wayne L. Furbert: Mr. Chairman, I am just waiting for a response.
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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40 words
Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a very important topic. I have been in here, this is my second full working day, perhaps. So I have tried to bring a measure of professionalism and respect — [Inaudible interjections]
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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—but, you know —
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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—unfortunately I have been a little disappointed. This topic in particular I think all the Members of the Legislature should treat with particular, particular sensitivity, Mr. Speaker. And I am sure that I do not need to spell it out. One piece of factual information that my Leader did not provide that I think is important. [Inaudible interjection]
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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7 words
You know, it’s funny, Mr. Speaker —
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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29 words
—I have been in some Chambers where I have been asked to use my voice more by Members of the Government. So, in fact, here I am. [Inaudible interjections]
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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25 words
Here I am, Mr. Speaker, using my voice as I have been asked to by a large number of voters of constituency 25. [Inaudible interjections]
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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20 words
A piece of information— 218 28 March 2025 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: Take your time.
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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254 words
—that the general public should know is that, you know, we can in good faith say this is a complicated topic with a lot of arguments on both sides of it, and a lot of subtleties. And my Leader did touch on some and I will touch on some. Because of that and because of the varying positions —financial positions, …
28 Mar 2025 House of Assembly
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41 words
Perhaps not all of the MP’s roles. In fact, if we are going to constituency by con-stituency, I could probably identify a few, what I would call discount, discount factors. But I don’t know, Mr. Speaker, perhaps volume — [Inaudible interjections]