Speeches by Jamahl S. Simmons, JP, MP

24 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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Suppl ementary, Mr. Speaker.

24 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chai rman, and good afternoon Bermuda and good afternoon colleagues. Honourable Minister, Schedule 1 [paragraph] 5, disclosure of interest by Directors . In the interest of transparency will there be at some point penalties put in for Dire ctors who fail to disclose their inter ests? Thank you.

24 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. I would encourage the Minister to speak with his technical officers, not necessarily for this to be put through today, but when you leave these windows open any little thing is lia ble to crawl in. And as we move into greater openness and transparency there must be some level of accountability that people will …

17 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning to you.

17 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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And good morning, colleagues, and good morning, B ermuda. I rise today on a sad note, to pay condolences to the family of Ms. Renee Burrows, the daughter of Junius Burrows and the stepdaughter of my Branch Chair, Candace Burrows. This is a great loss to the community, a great loss to the family. And we h ope that the …

17 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you and good afternoon, Mr. Speaker.

17 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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I would like to thank my colleague for bringing this motion forward and thank the Members who have spoken in support of it. The liveable wage discussion is timely. For years the business community has fought, argued against, refused to even consider the prospect of a liveable wage, and they have many good reasons to make that case. But when …

3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good afternoon.

3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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We will not be long on this Bill hopefully. The Bermuda Progressive Labour Party su pports what the Government is attempting to do with this legislation. We truly believe it is important to mai nBer muda House of Assembly tain and catch- up where necessary with our compet ition to be able to draw business to our country. Mr. Speaker, …

3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chairman. We support the amendments as proposed.

3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good afternoon.

3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I rise to my feet today to ask a question of the Government. And while I recognise that this is not Question Period, it is a question of great interest and significance to people across the Island. What is the status of the hotel property in St. George’s? We were made to understand in this h onourable Chamber …

3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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Well, yes, as one of my colleagues points out . When you go to the St. Regis’ website yo u do not see Bermuda on there yet, and these things are concerning. And you know . . . look, I think most of us when we were children our parents would tell us just be honest , just tell the …

3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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The tone that we take when we speak to the people . . . and the Honourable Member who took his seat earlier who started talking about Bermudians, Oh, we hired two and they ran off somewhere. Right? And gives light to the fact that most of the people that have been hired did not do that. We act like …

3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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So let us be clear. The job of Government is not easy. [Inaudible interjection]

3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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And you know what, Mr. Speaker? The Honourable Member said, It’s free . You get what you pay for, Mr. Speaker. Because maybe if they had spent a couple of dollars more we would not be waiting into the fourth year of a Government whose main priority was to create 2,000 jobs to have the Plan—maybe.

3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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But, Mr. Speaker, I am not going to be all day. We . . . we— [Inaudible interjection]

3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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See, he is just pr ovoking me now. [Laughter and inaudible interjections]

3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, the Honourable Member has a lot to say in his seat, but when he stood on his feet he had nothing really to say except what he has done in his private sector business. He also referred to the fact, the Honourable Member, that he has seen ads in the paper that he thought were inappropriate. And the …

3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly

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Well, I will say this: He could have saved some time by talking to the current Minister. He could have saved a lot of time by talking to the current Minister, or the former Minister, or whatever is happening over there now. But, Mr. Speaker, this speaks again t o the ineffectiveness and the weakness of the One Bermuda Alliance …