Speeches by Ernest Peets

3 Mar 2021 Senate

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And I think all of us are interested— The President: And you have been doing a lot of the talking. Carry on.

3 Mar 2021 Senate

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—in getting on with it. Madam President, I move that this Bill entitled the Cannabis Licensing Act 2021, be now read a third time. The President: No, you need to — 204 3 March 2021 Official Hansard Report B ermuda Senate Sen. the Hon. Dr. Ernest Peets: Pardon me? The President: —suspend. . . .Yes, you have to move it. …

3 Mar 2021 Senate

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Thank you. Some of it is nerves, you know. [Lau ghter ] SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDER 26

3 Mar 2021 Senate

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Madam President, I move that [Standing Order] 26 be suspended at this time. The President: Is there any objection to that motion? No objection. Carry on. [ Motion carried: Standing Order 26 suspended.] BILL THIRD READ ING CANNABI S LICENSING ACT 2021

3 Mar 2021 Senate

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Thank you, Madam President. Madam President, I move that this Bill entitled the Cannabis Licensing Act 2021 be now read a third time. The President: Is there any objection to the third reading? No objection ?

3 Mar 2021 Senate

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Madam President, I move that this Bill do now pass. The President: Is there any objection to the passage of the Bill? An Hon. Senator : I object. The President: We have three, so we will have a division. You can call the names. [ Crosstalk] The President: Senators, we will now have the division. The Clerk: This is on …

3 Mar 2021 Senate

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Thank you, Madam President. Given the fact that we do have budget currently going on, I move, based on the schedule that I believe to be correct, that we adjourn until March . . . let me just bring up the calendar. The 24th is a Wednesday. The 24th of March. The President: That will be the next meeting. Senators, …

22 Feb 2021 Senate

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—[INAUDIBLE ] Mrs. Furbert’s love for her country. I certainly can testify this morning that she was a pillar of strength. She was also a very dedicated advocate for labour rights. Her dedication, her passion was, in my opinion, evident to all of us. I did have the opportunity to work with her for a number of months during 2020 …

22 Feb 2021 Senate

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Yes, thank you. Good morning, Madam President. I would like to make a motion that we adjourn to Wednesday, 3 March 2021. The President: Thank you. Would any Senator care to speak on the motion to adjourn? No. Then, Senators, the Senate stands a djourned until March the 3rd. Thank you all for your attendance this morning. [At 11:36 am, …

13 Jan 2021 Senate

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Good morning, Madam President. Yes, I sent that message to Mr. Lamb about 15 minutes [ ago]. The President: Minister Peets, Mr. Lamb is checking on that. And so, hopefully, he will get back to us.

13 Jan 2021 Senate

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Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, Senator Smith. The President: We will now move on to item nu mber 4. Sen. Arianna Hodgson: Thank you, Madam Pres ident. Madam President , I move that the Bill ent itled Investment Funds Amendment Act 2020 be now read a second time. The Clerk: Did she do this one? The President: She did …

13 Jan 2021 Senate

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Yes, Madam Pres ident. The President: Minister P eets, you have the floor.

13 Jan 2021 Senate

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Thank you so much. I certainly want to join in the sentiments communicated by Senator Darrell. Just in general as it relates to the amendments in this particular Bill, ev eryone needs to sort of un derstand that 2020 was a very stressful year. And it continues to be very stres sful. Having breaks for employees reduces stress. And when …

13 Jan 2021 Senate

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Yes, Madam Chai rman.

13 Jan 2021 Senate

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Thank you. In relation to this particular [clause], what I would like to communicate to us as Senators . . . the importance here is really about bringing balance and fairness, particularly when we are living in a world where many employees are sometimes going weeks, months and sometimes years without getting the compensation which they are due. So this …

13 Jan 2021 Senate

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Thank you. Are you asking each Senator by name to say Aye or Nay? The Clerk: Not yet. Just say whether you object to the motion.

13 Jan 2021 Senate

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Object. 138 13 January 2021 Official Hansard Report Bermuda Senate [Crosstalk] The Clerk: Objection. Okay. We have at least two Senators objecting, so we now have to do a division. I will call the names individually. Those in favour of the proposed amendment will vote Aye and those opposed will vote Nay. Okay. I will call the names. DIVISION [Proposed …

13 Jan 2021 Senate

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Yes, Madam Chai rman, we object. The Clerk: Okay, Madam Chairman, there are two or more Senators objecting, so we will go to a division of this particular amendment. I will start calling the names again. Those in favour will say Aye and those who are opposed to the amendment will say Nay. DIVISION [Proposed amendment to clause 64] Ayes: …

13 Jan 2021 Senate

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Yes, thank you, Madam Chairman. Just for a moment I want to reiterate for all of us that there are mechanisms alr eady on the books to get our docks up and running. We do understand that labour disputes do occur from time to time. It is our job, of course, to balance the needs of our union workers as …

13 Jan 2021 Senate

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Madam Chairman, we obj ect. But before we go to division for voting, we have a question for clarification, if we could.