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Ernest Peets

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26 May 2021 Senate
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Yes. Th ank you, Madam President. Also thank you, Senator Ben [Smith] for your questions. These questions are important. All of us, of course, care about our athletes and sport in general. Of course, the pandemic has not made things very — certainly has made things difficult for us going for-ward. I will try to go back to the original …
26 May 2021 Senate
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Yes, Madam Pres ident. The President: Minister Peets, you have the floor.
26 May 2021 Senate
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Thank you, Madam President. I am really, really pleased that we are actually here today regarding the passage of this particular Bill. I have watched this Bill from its infancy up until its current format. So I can tell the public, as well as i nformed Senators, that this particular Bill has gone through its due diligence. A lot of …
26 May 2021 Senate
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Yes. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you to all Senators for all of your hard work and diligence. I mak e a motion that Senate do adjourn until June 9th, 2021. The President: Thank you, Minister Peets. Would any Senator care to speak on the m otion to adjourn? Senator Robin Tucker, you have the floor. DOMESTIC ABUSE Sen. Robin …
12 May 2021 Senate
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Thank you, Madam President. I hereby give notice that at a later point in the meeting under Orders of the Day I propose to move the following motion: T HAT the Senate take note of the National Cultural Heritage Policy for Bermuda 2021– 2026. Thank you, Madam President. The President: Thank you, Minister Peets. There is a second n otice …
12 May 2021 Senate
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Thank you, Madam President. I move that Standing Order 71(2) be suspended so that the Senate may now proceed with consideration of the take note motion I gave notice of earlier in the meeting this morning. [Standing Order 71(2) suspended.] Sen. the Hon. Dr. Ernest Peets: Madam President, I move that the Senate do now take under consideration the following …
12 May 2021 Senate
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Thank you very much, Madam President, and also a very good morning to all of the Senators and the listening audience in Bermuda. Madam President, during the last sitting of this Honourable Chamber on the 31st of March, I [tabled] the Government’s new National Cultural Heritage Pol-icy for Bermuda, together with an in- brief summary version, with an invitation to …
12 May 2021 Senate
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Yes. Thank you, Madam President. And thank you, colleagues, for your comments and support for the policy. This policy, of course, belongs to all of Bermuda. And we certainly want to do our level best to ensure that the implementation part of the policy takes root. And having said that, I will make sure that a link is sent to …
12 May 2021 Senate
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Madam President, I believe that is in my name. The President: Minister Peets, you have the floor. Thank you.
12 May 2021 Senate
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Thank you very much, Madam President. I move that the provisions of Standing Order 25 be granted so that Senate may now proceed with the second reading of the Bill entitled the Liquor Licence (Fee Reduction) Temporary Amend-ment Act 2021. The President: Is there any objection to that motion? No objection. Carry on, Minister Peets. BILL SECOND READING LIQUOR LICENCE …
12 May 2021 Senate
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Madam President , I am pleased to table in the Senate the Liquor Licence (Fee Reduction) Temporary Amendment Act 2021 . Senators are aware of the global devastation of COVID -19 which reached our shores just over one year ago in March of 2020. Since then Bermuda, like everywhere else, has been contending with the myriad of challenges posed by …
12 May 2021 Senate
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Yes. Thank you, Madam President, and also thank you so much, Senators, for your input. Of course, all of us recognise how important this particular Bill is. The timing of it is also doubly important. We certainly want to do everything we can to support these businesses as the economy is beginning to reopen. As I understand the Bill and …
12 May 2021 Senate
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Yes. Thank you, Madam President. I move that the Bill entitled the Liquor Licence (Fee Reduction) Temporary Amendment Act 2021 now be read a second time. The President: Is there any objection to that motion? No objection. SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDER 26
12 May 2021 Senate
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Madam President, I move that [Standing Order] 26 be suspended in respect of this Bill. The President: Is there any objection to that motion? No objection. [Motion carried: Standing Order 26 suspended.] BILL THIRD READING LIQUOR LICENCE (FEE REDUCTION) TEMPORARY AMENDMENT ACT 2021
12 May 2021 Senate
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Madam President, I move that the Bill entitled the Liquor Licence (Fee Reduction) Temporary Amendment Act 2021 now be read a third time. The President: Is there any objection to that motion? No objection.
12 May 2021 Senate
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Madam President, I move that the Bill do now pass. The President: It has been moved that the Bill entitled the Liquor Licence (Fee Reduction) Temporary Amendment Act 2021 do now pass. Is there any objection to that motion? No objection. The Bill is passed. [Motion carried: The Liquor Licence (Fee Reduction) Temporary Amendment Act 2021 was read a third …
12 May 2021 Senate
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Yes, Madam President. The President: Minister Peets, you have the floor.
12 May 2021 Senate
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Thank you, Madam President. I would like to take this opportunity, because I know they are listening online, to my wife of 24 years, she just recently graduated from Polk State. She made the Dean’s List with a 3.5 GPA this past semester and a GPA of 3.3 overall. And she is looking forward to com-ing back to Bermuda to …
12 May 2021 Senate
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And she is a product of Harrington Sound Primary School. So congratula-tions to my wife and to my 17- year-old daughter on their accomplishments. Also I would like to publicly express my condolences to Donna [Raynor]. She lost her father, [Clarence] “Tootsie” Bean, and her mother [Stella Bean] this year due to COVID -19. So I certainly want to associate …
12 May 2021 Senate
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Madam President, I would like to make a motion that Senate adjourn until May 26, 2021. The President: Thank you. Would any Senator care to speak on the motion to adjourn? No one. Bermuda Senate It looks like we have finished our business for the day. So, Senators, with that said, the Senate is adjourned to May the 26th. Thank …