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Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP

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30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman. Would the Honourable Minister . . . so my question relates to how a person would be not qualified, because section 4(2) says “a person is not qualified . . .” I take the point that we are given that we are changing enough definitions and we are changing enough about basically how we count …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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8 words
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Honourable Minister.
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker.
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do not think I have ever spoken for an hour.
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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But we will see how we get on because I think that the Honourable Minister provided quite a lot to speak about. He ended his presentation on a particular note relating to immigration. And the reason I am picking it up and starting there is because I do not want to leave anything out. You see, Mr. Speaker, Bermuda has …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Well, to his credit he said he started the process. And again, I do not think he and I have to be on the exact same page with a lot of things. But I am looking forward to the continued development in this space. Mr. Speaker, one of the things that I like to see in project plans, and this …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Strategic Priority 1, local and international business Retention and Expansion. I might need the hour now that I am thinking about it. One of the things I do in my profession, Mr. Speaker, is anti-money laundering training. And as anyone who has gone through anti -money laundering training will tell you, it just goes on and on and on. [Inaudible …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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I believe this is called interpolating. Interchirpolating [sic]. I am learning it. [Inaudible interjections and laughter ]
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Strategic Priority 1, Local and International Business Retention and Expansion. One of the strategic initiatives is to support and enable growth of economic drivers, right? And the Honourable Minister spoke to this international business activity being key. I think none of us are lost on that point. Most specifically, though, reinsurance and insurance, cap-tive management, life and annuity. There are …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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But with that being said, Mr. Speaker, I do . . . again, I see this “online marketplace” — [Inaudible interjections] [Laughter]
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Leave it alone. The online marketplace, I think this is something that obviously should have already happened, but . . . and I will speak to that when we get to ERP. Accommodation and food service. We thought we would then move into action items talking about the BTA and what the BTA will do. And, again, the BTA action …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, just about anybody would like to grab them. But here is the difference. They all have beaches, Mr. Speaker. They all have the things that we thought for some time were quite special about us. So one of the great things about this is making sure that our value proposition includes those things that make them want to either …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Not even close. Fair enough. [Laughter]
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Well, feel free to correct me. So, two years ago when we were discussing the budget, we said that we were going to have Per-sonal Employment Plans for every able- bodied person on financial assistance. That was two years ago. And now we are talking about executing that same thing we talke d about two years ago now in this …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the gap is that it is incomplete. I believe the Minister mentioned a checkbox, and there should be a checkbox next to these things. Mr. Speaker, I am very happy to hear about the national certification regime. I think qualifications are key. Certainly I can only speak from my experience, but it was my qualifications that got me …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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—at the cost of more than a few people’s . . . people have been arrested for this. I mean, this is our challenge. It is the challenge of our time. And we can actually . . . and this is the funniest part about it, Mr. Speaker. We can actually save our ageing demographics and our culture and sustain …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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220 words
Mr. Speaker, one thing I would like to note is that it is not hard to be a cynic. It is just not rocket science. Anyone can just simply appeal to their baser selves and just be bitter and resentful and throw sticks at anything that is different, new or foreign, or just . . . just . . . …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, sir. Good evening, Mr. Speaker, again. I know it is kind of late —
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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4,316 words
—so I will do my best, Mr. Speaker . But I am going to reflect on some of the comments I made earlier (to be honest ) just to remind us all and myself at the same time that prior planning pre-vents poor performance. And again, we are back to the same idea whereby the presentation and discussion on the …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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I wouldn’t say it does not matter . But it is not as if a buoyant economy will not have people that still need assistance and protection whether they be old, young or otherwise. And so . . . I know what I can say. It is nonsense for people to try to say that because the economy is doing …