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17 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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The Member is misleading the House. Those immutable trends he is talking about are being challenged every day and changes are being made to ameliorate the impacts of those forces.
17 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
17 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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No, just misleading of . . . on the part of the Minister. I was positing that as a way in which we could bring Bermudians back into the industry, that that was one of the key factors as to why we are not seeing Bermudians back in the hotel ind ustry below the management level.
17 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Will the Member accept a point of clarification? 2172 17 June 2016 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly Dr. the Hon. E. Grant Gibbons: Yes, sure. POINT OF CLA RIFICATION
17 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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That reference, as you may have known that my motion from last year on the impact of technological disruption, came from Mr. Soares —what is his first name again? [Inaudible interjection]
17 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Douglas Soares, about the . . . and I accepted his opinions on that. But that came from Doug Soares, about the loss of those jobs.
17 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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And the reason why they disappeared.
17 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you so much.
17 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I wish to thank you and the Members of this House for ult imately showing support for this motion. I believe that we are here to serve the interests of our people and to advance the common good. I hope that our commi ttee, subsequently formed, will meet the expectations of Members of this House and, more importantly, …
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning.
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it appears that Moody’s, the rating agency, has sobered up. We may be finding now by way of their latest downgrade, unfortunately for Bermuda, from A1 to now an A2 rating that they no longer would appear to follow the feel -good story centred around things like the America’s Cup, which was always an …
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
10 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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I think the Member is mi sleading the House. Moody’s has made an assessment based on its own projections of the OBA Government since 2012!
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. 1936 3 June 2016 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly Minister, your Statement on page 2 says as follows: “ Accordingly, as the senior population grows so will the number of people requiring Long Term Care services.” We do know that projections indicate that the senior portion of our population will increase to around 16 …
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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A supplementary, Mr. Speaker, if I may.
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, to the Minister again, Ms. Everson indicates that, with respect to care for seniors and/or patients with dementia, that there are only three facilities in Bermuda that can properly address this need—tho se being Westmeath Residential and Nursing Care Home, Sylvia Richardson Care Facility , and Lefroy House. She states that all “are full to capacity,” as we …
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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One more supplementary before my question, Mr. Speaker.
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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Minister, again, I do not know if it was altogether clear. Are you confirming that there are no facilities that are properly constituted to deal with patients with dementia? And if that is the case, what are the options that are available for those clients and/or patients who may need that specialised care? That do need that specialised care, I …
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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A second question, Mr. Speaker.
3 Jun 2016 House of Assembly
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No, I have only had one question and supplementaries.