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N. H. Cole Simons

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15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Exactly. All dogs go to hea ven. But the issue was, you know, we recovered. And I think we were noble in the way that we managed it. But that incident touched all of Bermuda. For months and months and months and months people were coming to me—I did not know them from A dam—stating, Mr. Simons, I’m so sorry …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Pardon? [Inaudible interjection]
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker , Bermudians are very sensitive when it comes to their pets, and when one family feels the pain. I have learned that most of Bermuda feels the pain. I had people send me emails from overseas who had read it. I had Bermudian pr ofessionals I work with send me emails and sympathy cards and everything else. And …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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So I am just putting the Speaker on notice that we consider that we have it gazetted, once approved by the Senate, and that it be signed by the Governor. Thank you, Mr. Speaker .
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Hang on. So the amendment is actually on page 2, at the bottom. They have increased the minimum requir ement, from age perspective for a dog to be licenced, from one month old to 10 weeks old. That is two and a half months. Can the Minister give his reasoning why they have shifted from one month to two and …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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On clause 13 —
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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—[new section] 18A(b), dogs causing apprehension and fear. This is a very grey area, in particular, [subsection] (b), causing persons apprehension and fear. 2418 15 June 2018 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Chairman: Your microphone is off, Mr. Simons.
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Clause 18A(b), dogs causing apprehension and fear . . . cause a person to be put in fear. I have seen throughout the Island that there are people petrified, petrified, petrified of dogs. And a person can be walking on the trails, the dog is in control, he is paying that person no attention whatsoever, but these people are just …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Yes. There are people who are afraid of dogs —pe riod. And so I would suggest somehow either r eword this one, because it is rather grey and it can be interpreted many ways, and I mean, some people have a phobia about these animals. [Inaudible interjections]
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Pardon?
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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[New section] 18A, that is [clause] 13—
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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So I would ask the Minister just to revisit that because I have seen some funny things with people who are afraid of dogs, generally, and the dogs are paying them no mind, and they just like freeze and they are in a state of shock.
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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[Clause 16, New section] 23B, Mandat ory reporting of dog causing bite injury. Mr. Chairman, [section] 23B(1) reads, “Every person who has information indicating that a person or animal has suffered a bite injury caused by a dog shall forthwith report that information to the Director.” How can we tighten it up whereby if they do not report the incident …
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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No objection.
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, first of all I would like to acknowledge the fact that I support the STEAM initi ative, and I find that it will be invaluable to our students, going forward. Mr. Speaker, the Mi nister of Education spoke to the various phases, phase 1, phase 2, phase 3. And he indicated when the phases …
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Supplementary.
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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I recognise his contribution. My second, follow -up question is, how will the implementation be reviewed for completeness?
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Which overseas partners and local partners —
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Which partners or local par tners are we working with to actually develop the cur-riculum? I know we have spoken about a number of subjects and topics to be covered. But what curric ulum will we use? Who are we working with, and what curric ulum agency or certification agency are we working with?
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Supplementary. The Speake r: Continue. SUPPLEMENTARIES