Speeches by Rolfe Commissiong

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Take ownership! Hon. Trevor G. Mo niz: Point of order.

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Even now, he comes with a typical sort of white Bermudian paternalism: If you only behaved yourselves better, you would get our votes! Hon. Trevor G. Moniz: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker, point of order, point of order.

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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I repeat, Mr. Speaker, we have to be the recipients of the typical white Bermudian paternalism coming from that Member! Bermuda House of Assembly Hon. Trevor G. Moniz: Point of order. [Inaudible interjections and general uproar ]

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Now, h ow is that unparli amentary ? [Crosstalk] Hon. Trevor G. Moniz: Point of order, Mr. Speaker.

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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You tell me! You tell me!

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, that is what has st unted our political development in this country and the growth of our democratic culture and values. That is the brick wall we keep hitting up against, you know. And we wonder why we have not seen ourselves move forward, develop politically and in other ways, as has been the case in maybe economically …

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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And, Mr. Speaker, I will say this, in conclusion, because I think I have made my point. I will say in conclusion that you can have r acialized outcomes that produce racial disparity even when that may not have been the conscious intent! And I say that with respect only this instance, with r espect to the proposals coming from …

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Twenty-nine. Remember, in the public pronouncement of that same Minister, he conceded initially that, Oh, you don’t have to worry because those people don’t live where you live. [Inaudible interjection]

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Oh yes. He did not say it like that, but you get the point.

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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He said that in an effort to try to assuage the concerns of us and our supporters on this side of the aisle about what was being characterised as a political attempt to manipulate politics in the country so, analogous to what took place in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s by creating new voters. He says that, Well, it wouldn’t …

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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But my point was that, I mean, even in terms of how we live in Bermuda, t hat anyone coming off of the next plane can find himself living in the sort of neighbourhoods that blacks in the main have been excluded from, even in 2015. That is why I brought that up. But the same thing again, Mr. Speaker, …

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, in the release that was issued (and my colleague here has just given me this), the Minister said this.

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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This is from the Royal G azette. Hon. Trevor G. Moniz: Point of order, Mr. Speaker. We are going directly into the debate again!

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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“I fully accept that in the” —

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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“I fully accept that in the ’60s and ’70s, that government manipulated immigr ation law” —

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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— “vote” —

4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, thank you. And I apologise, Mr. Speaker. But I will just say this here, that l ike my co lleague, I too want to commend those brave Bermudians who have put themselves on the line on behalf of our future and the future of our children and grandchildren here in what we saw today. They call it civil …

29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Good morning, Mr. Speaker.

29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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So I just want to continue now, Mr. Speaker, by extending condolences to the family of Mr. Wilbur Keith “Corney” Dyer. Mr. Dyer, who was a constituent of mine, was a Key West man.

29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly

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Yes. Wilbur Keith Dyer. He was more commonly referred to as Keit h Dyer, by his middle name. The nickname was “Corney.” That goes back to his great -grandparent, or his grandfather. But he passed away roughly about a couple of weeks ago. A great Key West man from out Spanish Point, In gham’s Vale, where the family is situated. …