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Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

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23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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3 words
Yes, Mr. Speaker.
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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358 words
Yes, Mr. Speaker. Good evening, Mr. Speaker. I just want to take this opportunity to thank the Premier and Finance Minister for doing what has not been done in decades. And I would have thought that the delivery of a balanced budget would have been heralded in much the same way as I remember, as a young man, Mr. Speaker, …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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I was there. And so when you have that type of narrative and mind- set that exists in the culture of Bermuda, it becomes very difficult. And you know, when you set about to change the narrative about how a government governs, just like the reality of the potholes . . . and we all see all the memes that …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Love him or hate him. Right? Sir Henry Tucker leveraged international relationships overseas! It is no different than the Minister of Labour would have to do, or the Premier would have to do, or the Minister responsible for Tourism may have to do, to go overseas to be able to represent this country who punches above its weight. I find …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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You said it is our . . . it is our collective job! Let me tell you something. [Inaudible interjection]
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Let me tell you something. When I sat on the Opposition benches, I tried to do things for the betterment of this country. And I am telling you what. I have seen some of what I tried 15 years ago bear fruit just in the last two weeks under this Progressive Labour Party Government. And I am thankful to have …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Ooh.
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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You know, Mr. Speaker, we have in this country the Southampton Princess on the cusp of generating some great economic activity in this country. And that certainly is something that I believe we should all be working to catapult off of. It is important for us to get Bermuda with some foreign currency circulating in greater numbers in Bermuda. It …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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You know, I make no excuse or apologies for being passionate. Because you Bermuda House of Assembly know what, Mr. Speaker? Passion is all some people ever had in life. Belief, knowledge. Persons who toiled hard and knew that it would take incremental consistency to quell a systemic system that benefits one group over another economically. Institutional racism is a …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Okay? You know, the mind -set that existed . . . I will never forget Dame Lois Browne -Evans saying, You know, I helped that widow get more for her money. She went down there. Those fellows were coming to take all of it for cheap. But I said to them —and I am talking about my great -grandmother. She …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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You know, you’re one of my favourites, you know. You come see me over my house when you got problems. I don’t know why you’re over there with those boys. I like you and Cole and Barritt. And I said, what about —Oh, and of course Maxwell . But you know, I am just making light of a situation. [Inaudible …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Well, I will wait until your hip gets better. I have got four minutes and 14 seconds. I am waiting for your hip to get better. We will have a little hook.
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Well, that is even worse because you cannot put pressure on it. The hip you can just stay there and use the shoulders. [Inaudible interjections]
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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No, no, no. Because I have only got four more minutes. No, I do not want to take advantage of an ailing man. But I just want to wrap up this way. I just want to wrap up this way, Mr. Speaker. When you talk about the budget of this country and you go back and you look at the …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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They did not say it like you did. Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: Well, you know, Honourable Member Swan— Hon. Derrick V. Burgess, Sr.: Mike is more polished. Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: No, I am not more polished. [Laughter] Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: I am a little bit older and I got to get right to the point. [Laughter] Hon. Michael …
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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The national debt by balancing the budget . . . is that what they are going to do? That was 1975. There was a national debt — Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Yes—
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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—and they paid it down. Started paying it down. Same thing we are trying to do, but it is okay for — Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Got it, yes. But that is right. 1975, with your leave, Mr. Speaker, I will read this —
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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So, we had a debt — Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: We had a debt. He paid off some of it, Sir John said. That was a quote from Sir John.
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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The same Sir John that is criticising us for balancing the budget. Give me a break! 470 23 February 2024 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: The same chap. Yes, indeed.
23 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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And they got paid during the pandemic. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: And don’t worry about . . . oh yes, $50 million, I believe.