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N. H. Cole Simons

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24 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Minister, are you reading the brief for the second piece of legislation or the first?
24 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Balance, balance, balance, balance. That is what we have to do within the Ministry of Parks. I am delighted that this legislation is coming to the House today, as I took it through Cabinet when we were Government. So, I will start by saying that I support this legislation, an d our party supports this legislation. …
24 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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There will be one member from the Audubon Society, one member for the N ational Maritime Museum, one member from the Bermuda Zoological Society, one member from the Bermuda Tourism Authority. You will note that the people are not named.
24 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Those entities will make their own appointments.
24 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Okay? We also have two members who are users of the system. These can be walkers, these can be environmentalists, these can be people who live in the neighbourhood, these can be people who use it for wellness, and these could be vendors. In addition, we are going to appoint someone with an environmental protection interest and conservation interest. And …
24 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to direct the Minister to clause 6(b). An d it says that in the event that we have to —
24 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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On Parks (No. 2) Amendment.
24 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Page 2. Parks (No. 2).
24 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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In the event that an appl icant, basically, fails to comply with the condition of the waiver and he goes to court, I see that the Gover nment is able to recover the debt or liquidate the demands. Can we also include “court c osts” in there as well? Because they, in essence, violated the contract and I do not …
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Premier, you indicated in your speech that you would like to have some of the capital that exists in international markets here in Bermuda invested in this fund. Can you tell me whether you have had di scussions with ABIC [Association of Bermuda Intern ational Companies] and ABIR [Associ ation of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers] to, …
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Can you list the names of those companies that agreed in principle to this initi ative?
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Second question.
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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I note that you have a minimum target of $100 million. Have the managers given an indication on how long it will take to, basically, raise that $100 million? I know it is difficult, but did they give you some type of timeline in which we can expect to have the $100 million raised?
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Supplementary.
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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If the $100 [million] minimum is not met, let us say withi n a year, will this initiative collapse?
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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In regard to the appointment of the manager, did you put this appointment out to a tender process?
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Okay. Well, then the question is—
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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When we were soliciting managers for this fund, did the Government put this out to a tender process? And if they did, can they pr ovide more details on the applicants?
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Minister, can you differentiate the difference between day care and preschool?
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Just supplementary.