Speeches by The Hon. Michael Weeks JP, MP

7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Mr. Chairman, that was a good one. B-129, line 31135 Ageing and Disability. The gist of the story is that two horses can pull more than individually. I am saying that the Department of Health and Public Works should get together to make sure that our buildings are disability friendly and so are our Bermuda House of Assembly sidewalks. That …

7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Lefroy House, [page] B -131, line item 32000, cost centre 2201. There is also a decrease in fundi ng for Lefroy House. But when I quickly turn to page B -134, employee numbers, there is no corresponding decrease in staff. So, again, I have to ask the Minister, What do these numbers represent if there is no decrease in staff? …

7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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We have all morning? I think the Honourable Minister has his breakfast with him. Mr. Chairman, as you move on to Head 24 — Hospitals, the mission statement real quick —to pr ovide free hospital care for the young and indigent and subsidise care for the elderly, to fund the operation of Mid Atlantic Wellness Institute. Mr. Chairman, we have …

7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Okay. I notice—

7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Bear with me, Mr. Chairman, I will be right with you. Page C -17 under Hospitals, Renal Dialysis. I had a qu estion there because on the same dates, March 3 in the Royal Gazette there was a renal nutr ition expert and she had said that kidney disease in Bermuda has increased by 30 per cent over the past …

7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Actually, I am going to send it to the other hospital, in Devonshire. [Laughter]

7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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But remember, Mr. Chairman, on a serious note, this man is unemployed. He is told he can go to the Credit Department at the hospital for an assessment. If granted, he could get a subsidy. Let us r emember the hospital mission statement, Mr. Chairman. Surely, this man fits into that statement of being indigent. But, Mr. Chairman, as I …

7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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[Page] B -137? Hon. Jeanne J. Atherden: Yes. What you have to recognise is that that is talking about compliance at rest homes. It is all the rest homes out there. So they are the rest homes for the people that —they are the ones that provide the food. The nutritional services people just go out there and review their …

12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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

12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, would the Minister agree that if all that wasted land up by the well, if that was not so, then they would have no reason to go into the park land . . . why would they put that there to increase park land, and they are taking park lands right across the street?

12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, again. Mr. Speaker, we are on costs and cost savings. So, Mr. Speaker , would the Honourable Minister agree that he could have saved some money on all that stone I see he put into the wall down there by saving the stone that was taken from the old wall? Hon. L. Craig Cannonier: No, I …

12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There seems to be some confusion on the part of the Minister relying on drawings from 2010. And I clearly remember updated drawings from 2011 and 2012. So, I would ask the Honourable Minister —

12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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My question is, Has the Honourable Minister done his homework in trying to get the most [recent] drawings for the Black Watch Pass? Hon. L. Craig Cannonier: I appreciate the question, Mr. Speaker. I would probably say the same thing. I have the drawings in front of me from 2010/11, 2011/12, and the adjustments and the park lands are being …

12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I asked this question earlier, and the Minister promised to answer it now. But my question was (just in case he forgot), In their effort to create more park land right in front of the well, would it not have been wiser, Minister, to have made that park smaller and brought the roundabout a little more …

12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, my question was simply in response to the Minister saying earlier that the grass verge—

12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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—was to increase park land. Was it not? 530 12 February 2016 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly

12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Okay. Okay. My question is, Mr. Speaker, Did the Minister say earlier that in an effort to increase the walking space and park land, that is why that grass verge has come out so far from the well?

12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to start off my remarks by assoc iating myself with the remarks by our Leader for Ms. Marita Thompson. She was very instrumental to my growth when I first came into the party, giving me a real rundown on the do’s and don’ts of my early c areer. And I was a schoolmate …

12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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

12 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I would like to move for leave—