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E. Grant Gibbons

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3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning to you.
3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, as Honourable Members may be aware, Bermuda concluded another successful Global Entrepreneurs hip Week in November 2016. Today I am pleased to report on t he “Entrepreneur’s Guide to Bermuda Go vernment Concessions, Incentives, Obligations, Grants and Awards ,” which was launched on December 2nd, 2016. This document will be a valuable resource to Bermuda’s entrepreneurs and small …
3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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I do, sir.
3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Mr. Speaker, you may recall that this H onourable House passed the Personal Information Protection Act 2016, also known as PIPA, this past summer. The legislation received r oyal assent on July 27, 2016. Due to the significant rights and duties created by the Personal Information Protection Act, it was announced during the debate that the coming into …
3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Sure. Thank you.
3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is the third question from the Honourable Member.
3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Is he not going to ask questions 1 and 2?
3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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I see. Okay. They were all starred. Okay.
3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Fair enough. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The answer is the Minister has not issued any directives, nor is the Minister aware of any directives issued by the former Minister, or acting Ministers, to the Trucks Advisory Committee from December 18 th, 2012, to September 30th, 2016. And the Minister will not be making any statements. 344 3 February 2017 Official …
3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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I believe, Mr. Speaker, they were provided to the Clerk’s office, as far as I know. If they do not have them, I have got extra copies.
3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Ministry can advise that the total cost for the four years in question is as follows: • In 2013— $1,940,395, comprising $1,250,000 for the charter contract fees, and $690,395 for the operational costs including delivery fees, payroll, travel, fuel, utilities, and accommodations; • In 2014— $1,817,243, comprising $1,250,000 in charter contract fees, $567,243 …
3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Certainly, Mr. Speaker. I do not think that will be a problem. I think the issue that the Honourable Member perhaps does not understand is that this ferry is providing additional capacity. So it is not a question of being able to use existing capacity instead of a leased or a chartered ferry. This is additional capacity to provide capacity …
3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think there is regular discussion between the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation [BEDC] and the Ministry of Economic Development. I guess the question is, How long is the piece of string, really? We have talked with them about various issues. I have laid out a lot of discussion about the Global E ntrepreneurship Week. There has …
3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is actually 20 per cent, not 25 [per cent]. The question was, Has there been any effort to move forward on that campaign promise? The answer is yes. There has been quite a bit of discussion within the Ministry of Public Works, which deals with the bulk of the government contractual work that goes out …
3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think it is a little difficult for me to answer that question, because I am not directly responsible for the Ministry of Public Works. I think that would be best dealt with by that particular Minister. But my under-standing is there has been, certainly, an effort by this Government to try and make sure that …
3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, that has nothing to do with the Statement in question.
3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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And it is probably above my pay grade, in any case.
3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think it is fair to say, and the Honourable Member would be aware of this, that the Ministry that I have is actually very small in terms of the amount of contractual work that is actually do ne. I did mention, a couple of answers ago, that we have made a real effort through the …
3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The answer to how we are spreading it around as much as possible is by the ACBDA’s wor king closely with the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation to make their members aware of some of these opportunities, and having members of the BEDC working with the ACBDA in terms of selection, in terms of trying to enlist …
3 Feb 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the House to recognise and congratulate, as well, Coral Wells. There was a very nice piece in the daily last week about the incubator, the technology incubator that she has set up, called ConnecTech, in Cedar House, that provides technology training and coding for children. And it is …