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Dr. Douglas De Couto, JP, MP

Dr. Douglas De Couto, JP, MP

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20 Mar 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
111 words
Sure. Page B -56, business unit 53000, last year it was budgeted for $1.352 million but we came in revised at $7- and-a-bit million. So I would like to understand that. I did have a question about the cybersecurity strategy. I think we heard quite a lot in the briefs. I would like to know, have there been any data …
20 Mar 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
55 words
Thanks, Madam Chairman. It is a little bit of a pet peeve that I have because I did raise it with Immigration, and I raised it in the Senate. The government website lists an Immigration email that does not work. Who do I call to fix that, for the Immigration queries email? Thank you. [Pause]
20 Mar 2023 Senate
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Point of order, Madam Chairman. I don’t appreciate the Senator implying that I am asking this question due to interests otherwhere. I don’t think that is appropriate, Madam Chairman. Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: Madam Chairman, if I may answer. I mean, I have the answer for him. Can I get there?
20 Mar 2023 Senate
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Madam Chairman, I must object strenuously to this because this is a fact -and-figures question. We have received a brief all about the financial benefit of the MyBermudaPost to the post office and I do not understand why they can’t answer a simple facts -and-figures . . . I am not asking for intricacies of the court case; I just …
20 Mar 2023 Senate
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Madam Chairman, can I just ask a follow -up on that, a really quick one?
20 Mar 2023 Senate
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It’s a yes or no—
20 Mar 2023 Senate
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—which is: Does the Government consider that visit an official visit? Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: An official visit for whom?
20 Mar 2023 Senate
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Does the Government consider Prime Minister Davis’s visit to Bermuda an official visit? Thank you.
20 Mar 2023 Senate
Official Hansard Report - Senate
71 words
That is very kind. I appreciate that. There was a rental for the land loss commission of $34,000 on page C -26, Head 9. I thought that commission had wrapped up. How long do you think that we will be paying that rental? And how long will that commission be active in requiring that rental? Thank you. Sen. the Hon. …
20 Mar 2023 Senate
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On page B -290, [regarding] the employee numbers of the Mirrors programme, I think I heard ( and I apologi se if I misheard) that y ou were not able to get enough local fac ilitators for that programme, and an external provider had to be used. If I did hear that cor-rectly, how many local …
20 Mar 2023 Senate
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1,176 words
Thank you, Madam President. It is just a question as to what jurisdictions this Government uses for their benchmarking. Thank you. Sen. Arianna Hodgson: Sorry, Madam President, I know from the conversations that were had that the initial conversations were actually comparing us to the US and so we were looking at s ome of the states along the East …
20 Mar 2023 Senate
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Thank you, Madam President. We are here . . . let me take 30 seconds. [Laughter]
20 Mar 2023 Senate
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1,279 words
First of all, I really welcome the duty breaks on the school uniforms, on the capital investments, and to encourage this kind of local investment and I definitely think that this is a good idea. Unfortunately, with the sugar tax, this Bill does not address the original problems. We know that the monies raised by the sugar tax were promised …
20 Mar 2023 Senate
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Thank you, Madam President. I think we can agree that given where we are today the exercise of democracy is preferable to not permitting it to be exercised. And I am sure that the rate payers of the corporations would welcome the opportunity to have their say in who was running the c orporations that spend their taxes. But frankly, …
20 Mar 2023 Senate
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259 words
Thank you, Madam President. First, I would just like to send my condolences to the family of Shirley Tuzo of Ten Pin Crescent. I am a little late on this but I just wanted to send [the family] my best wishes. Moving on from there, down the hill, I would like to associate myself with the congratulatory remarks for PHC. …
20 Mar 2023 Senate
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Thank you, Madam President. Well, I do like to exercise my voice you know. [ Laughter] AD HOMINEM ATTACKS
20 Mar 2023 Senate
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171 words
I have already missed bedtime, so here we ar e. Madam President, we come here today to discuss the work of the country. Now, you know me, I like to use my facts and figures, Madam President. And we have this thing in debate called ad hominem. What that means is that if you cannot debate the facts and figures …
20 Mar 2023 Senate
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And there are those, Madam President — Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: Point of order. The President: W hat is your point of order? POINT OF ORDER Sen. the Hon. Owen Darrell: The Senator is referring to individuals as “these people.” Madam President, I would like a point of order as to who s pecifically are “these people” of which …
20 Mar 2023 Senate
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Oh, Madam President, that would be those people who might make an ad hominem attack on you because they did not have a good rejoinder or rebuttal to an argument based on facts and figures. The general case, Madam President, as you would imagine. Now, Madam President, I would like to speak on my and my friends’ interests. My friends …
15 Mar 2023 Senate
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20 words
Thank yo u, Madam President. Thank you, Senator Hodgson. Madam President, Senate colleagues, listeners, good morning. The President: Good morning.