Speeches by Rolfe Commissiong

20 May 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I too ask leave of the House t o reinstate the motion standing in my name relating to the unemployment and the underemployment of Bermudians on the Order Paper as [Order] No. 14. Mr. Speaker, in accordance with Standing Order 25(3), I am requesting that it remain on the O rder Paper for an …

20 May 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning, colleagues. I too wish to associate myself, my comments, with those of the Member from constituency 6, Mr. Speaker. I thought that he ably offered the—

21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you. [Laughter]

21 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Suffice it to say that I too associate with his comments. I also associate with the comments by the Member who just took her seat, from constituency 4, MP Roberts -Holshouser. Mr. Breed Foggo was also a cousin to my wife. And also [I would like to associate myself with] the comments expressed on his behalf by my colleague on …

11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Supplemental.

11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, bearing in mind that the Premier has conceded that the claim that the majority support these measures has not been quantified, does the Premier and/or his Gover nment intend to quantify the support or lack thereof for these measures?

11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, thank you. Will the Premier not concede that the intrans igence of this Government and their unwillingness to withdraw the Bill is proof positive that this Gover nment, contrary to their assertion, is not governing for the benefit of all Bermudians?

11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Supplementary. The Sp eaker: Yes. Carry on. SUPPLEMENTARY

11 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, will the Pr emier then concede that the glowing numbers dissem inated by his Cabinet Ministers, the Attorney General most principally, and one or two others, in the Royal Gazette, which cited glowing levels of support, giving actual numbers, had no basis in fact then?

7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Honourable Members. The Ayes have 14, and the Noes have 18, which means that the motion was defeated. [Motion calling for a Parliamentary Joint Select Co mmittee to examine wide range of issues involved in comprehensive immigration reform was defeated by a majority on divisio n.]

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you and I stand d irected by your advice to us. Mr. Speaker, Mike Winfield, former campaign chair of the former United Bermuda Party, the pred ecessor party to the OBA — [Inaudible interjections and laughter ]

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Mike Winfield —

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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—about seven years ago said that whilst addressing the final meeting for that particular year of the Bermuda race relations initiative when we were discussing the connection between race and politics in Bermuda, Mike Winfield, a former chairman of the United Bermuda Party acknowledged that the United Bermuda Party had a simple formula electorally (or campaign manager of the United …

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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I repeat —the Member from [constituency] 19 last week denied on the same issue . . . was in denial about the fact that the OBA derives over 80 per cent, roughly, of its support from Bermuda’s white communit y. [Inaudible interjection]

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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No, no, in terms of the total voting base. They get maybe 15 or 20 per cent of the black vote. Just as the United Bermuda Party did. But that is the old formula. It goes back to Sir Henry Tucker and the founders of that party. Keep the white vote on the reservation while going after the black swing …

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Polls prior to every election indicate more or less the same thing. The Progressive Labour Party never earns more than 2 [per cent] to 3 per cent of the white vote. [Inaudible interjections]

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Do statistics lie? [Inaudible interjection]

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Do the stats lie? Take ow nership of who you are! [Inaudible interjection]

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Stop with the fraud! Hon. Trevor G. Moniz: Point of order, Mr. Speaker.