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Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

Mr. Kim Swan, JP, MP

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9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
338 words
No! You set up a party and broke every rule in the book that about four or five different chairmen joined with me to lead a protest in law against . . . so don’t talk about . . . this Gover nment will go out of its way to uphold the rule of law. And I have seen it! …
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
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150 words
No, far from it. Jack Nicklaus himself came to this Island for a second time to my area and designed a golf course. And I keep calling for that property because I am looking forward . . . Mr. Deputy Speaker, you have heard me say on more than one occasion, Morgan’s Point presents an opportunity. There are people with …
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
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I will let you clarify, but remember it is not a point of order. POINT OF CLARIFICATION Hon. N. H. Cole Simons: Yes, I am clarifying. Mr. Deputy Speaker, the land swap that he is talking about was April 2008. And Kim Swan was Opposition Leader for the United Bermuda Party from Dece mber 18, 2007, to May 17, 2011. …
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
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41 words
No! No, that is not a point of order; it is a point of clarification. I accept being an Opposition Leader during that period. That is why I understand how disingen uous he is being today! [Inaudible interjection and laughter ]
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
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92 words
Give me a break! This Bill has nothing to do with 2007, because in 2007, amidst all the protests that the Opposi tion of that day provided, and others who were not a part of the Opposition, the Government came up with a sol ution. The Honourable Alex Scott in his tenure came up with a solution that was signed …
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
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—that we are saddled with! And they would not expend one dickey bird of any s entences to the mess that they created!
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
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I mean, you are talking about the epitome . . . and then have the gall to want to go back to what I did in Opposition?
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
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Unmitigated gall! (I appreciate the clarification!) [Desk thumping]
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
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16 words
I have seen hypocrisy but I am witnessing it now in living colour! [Inaudible interjections ]
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
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Unbelievable! And my good fr iend, Cole, there has got that smile on his face. He knows very well, he knows do llars and cents. He has presided for some very wealthy people all around the world, flown to places with them, France, and the like. And he knows that if he was representing t hem now, he would be …
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
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164 words
Shame! Shame! Shame! But I would encourage the Opposition to get on board with finding solutions for thi s Government. He tip -toed around the fact that there is more property. Are you tip -toeing around the fact because you do not want Government to have more property? B ecause at the end of the day, we are holding the …
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
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41 words
You may or may not have known. Shame . . . more than shame on you if you knew, because then it would be something for the auditor to look at. Or maybe even a commission to look at. [Inaudible interjection]
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
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110 words
Yes, as the person said, you would do it again. You would saddle us with a quarter of a billion in a bad debt. And if you were wearing your banking hat . . . you are retired now, may you long live to enjoy your retirement, right? But if you were wearing your banking hat and made such a …
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
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80 words
I am telling you. That is the concern. And when you go back and google, go back and google the time period that caused the dec ision to be m ade because you went back 12 years when the protest was coming. But since the protest, a solution was found to the satisfaction of those developers and then they did …
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
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And for the record, Mr. Deputy Speaker — [Crosstalk ] Hon. N. H. Cole Simons: You can’t walk away from it. [Inaudible interjection] Hon. N. H. Cole Simons: It’s your legacy.
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
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8 words
What’s that? What’s my legacy? [Inaudible interjections ]
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
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46 words
No, no, no! I accept who I am and where I am. And I am proud of where I am. And I am telling you right now, that $165 million debt that you entered into was on your watch! Hon. E. David Burt: Point of order.
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
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42 words
Mr. Deputy Speaker, I accept the correction. I offer my humblest apologies to the Premier and Honourable Finance Minister. I do not want to mislead the public like the OBA did —two hu ndred and . . . how many? [Inaudible interjection]
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
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And 32 million, $232 mi llion! [Inaudible int erjections ]
9 Dec 2022 House of Assembly
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87 words
I rest my case, Mr. Dep uty Speaker. It is crying shame, but it is no joking matter because, Mr. Deputy Speaker, we are looking for solutions for this. We are committed to catering to the people of this country as we did during the pandemic. This Bill is a step toward rectifying a problem. Just like the remediation of …