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Scott Pearman, MP

Scott Pearman, MP

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30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
46 words
—about Minister Hayward, am I a good cop or a bad cop? Do I do more disservice to him as an Opposition Member that might praise his ideas? Bermuda House of Assembly Will that contaminate him with his own party, or will that help? [Inaudible interjections]
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
207 words
Because what we are actually saying tonight —and I propose to say —is that there are some good ideas in this plan. They are not all good and there are some gaps, like the Honourable Deputy Leader for the Opposition said earlier. But there are some good ideas in this plan. Before I start, Madam Acting Speaker, I would like …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
714 words
—and we want to see Bermuda succeed. And I notice that a Cabinet Minister is chuckling by the statement I just made to this Honourable House when I say that we put country before party. That is true, and it is known to be true. So do not chuckle. Madam Acting Speaker, what I wanted to talk about for a …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
716 words
And my honourable colleague, MP Cannonier, the former Premier, was speaking earlier about his frustration when someone is in the water drowning and we have a committee to discuss whether a rope is thrown or someone gets into the water or what happens, and there is a committee discussing it for months and months and years and years . . …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Because if I take $1 out of my pocket, Mr. Speaker, and I pay to you that $1 and you take that same $1 and you pay it to the Deputy Leader and the Deputy Leader takes that same $1 and pays it to someone else and eventually it goes all the way around the room and comes back to …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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So the answer is we need to increase the flow of foreign capital. And I notice that the substantive Minister has returned. If he had been here a little bit earlier he would have heard some compliments that I actually paid him. [Inaudible interjections]
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Excellent, excellent. Well, I am glad. So we have some interpolating, but we will see. Second solution, and again, it is not novel, it is not rocket science. It has been said by many on my side and some on that side. We need to amend immigration laws and we need to amend them now. [Inaudible interjections]
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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What we need to see is . . . we do not need another committee looking at what the bipar-tisanship committee already looked at and established which built upon the committee chaired by William Madeiros. We have reports. We have a nonpolitical committee whic h gave a report to a political committee, including Members of the OBA, who sat I …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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And they came up with a series of proposals of four buckets of legal changes. Only one of those four buckets has been implemented. It was im-plemented June, either two or three years ago. I might Bermuda House of Assembly have lost a year with COVID -19. The other three buckets remain unsolved. Solve them. Now earlier, and previously the …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
425 words
The Bermudian public would like to think that if all that is between us is the number of new workers that we need to get into Bermuda that we could reach a consensus decision and get the job done together. Sometimes we need to get out of our own way. And by the way, what we need to be welcoming …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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And I do not want it to . . . you see? This is the problem. The Honourable Minister asks which ones , challenging me, as if what I have just said is a falsehood. It is not a falsehood; it is true. I do not want it to be true because I want Bermuda . . . we want …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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27 words
Okay? And I cannot speak as to who they are and I am not making this up and I am not fearmongering. I am identifying— [Inaudible interjections]
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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209 words
So the Honourable Deputy Premier of the PLP just asked me, Why raise it? Why raise it? Because you have to diagnose the problem. You have to recognise the illness and you have to recognise there is an illness before you can start to cure it. And the interpolation goes on. I am just being told I do not know …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
30 words
I am being told equally, in equal numbers (I am), You are (they are saying), and then I get, Who said that? Well, he said that just now, okay? [Laughter]
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
254 words
There we are. Number three . . . I am glad that they are distracting me from my themes. We need responsible 1642 30 June 2023 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly spending. We are not approaching our spending as a Government responsibly. We no longer have the luxury of having a credit surplus. We have $3.25 billion (give …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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If you look around now — [Crosstalk and laughter]
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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—in Bermuda– [Laughter]
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
111 words
Yes, I am not punching you in the face, Minister , I promise! But if you look around now in Bermuda, it does feel like we have been punched in the face. So let us look at the importance of the plan, and let us offer what I believe to be genuine feedback that is sincere and heartfelt and meant …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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420 words
—and a lawyer! What is not to love? Politician and lawyer. We need less talk and more action—we need delivery. And this means we need to move away from smooth talkers and we need to move towards those who in fact roll up their sleeves and get things done. I am going to say something that might be slightly surprising, …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
164 words
Again, interpolations. Maybe they are just talking about me. But I think it might be something we should all contemplate a little bit. Let us go back to where I started. I think we cannot keep saying on the one hand the economy is doing fine, and on the other say, Okay, we recognise that things are dire and we …