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Walton Brown

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7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order.
7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member is —
7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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My apologies, Madam D eputy Speaker. The Honourable Member is misleading the House. He knows very well the motion puts a six - month time frame in place.
7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member is [i mputing] improper motives by saying that we are issuing threats. We are simply putting facts for the Gover nment to consider.
7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Once again, I want to just thank the Speaker for allowing 1224 7 March 2016 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly this matter to be debated as a matter of great public importance and urgency. It has been, as expected, about an eight - or nine-hour debate. What is disappointing, Mr. Speaker, is that the …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I feel compelled to rise to my feet this evening to speak on two interrelated matters. One involves the relevance of civil disobedience today and secondly on this volatile path that the Gover nment is taking with respect to immigration reform. Mr. Speaker, earlier this week ( and last week ) I heard a …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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I wrote the motion. I know.
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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I will know, Mr. Speaker.
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes. Let me just respond to the comments made by my Honourable friend. We have been friends for 40- odd years —still are. But we have fundamental disagreements on this issue. I do not know if it is naiveté. I d o not know if it is wilful ign orance. [Inaudible interjection]
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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I will explain in a minute. I will explain it very shortly because the Minister for Imm igration said he recognised that in the 1960s and 1970s Immigration policy was used f or political purposes where someone could be granted status wit hout even applying for it. The Minister for Home Affairs would say to the lady, Well, we need …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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I read an e- mail out a couple of weeks ago from a young lady who, hav ing been frustrated over not being able to find work for four years, has left this Island. What do we get from this Gover nment? Nothing. Nothing for the people. Nothing for the people who have left this country and you wonder why …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Of course, it is not the reason that is being put forth. You would not be that stupid. [Inaudible interjection]
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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You would not be that silly. It is reminiscent of the 1960s and 1970s. Do you know what is worse, Mr. Speaker? What is worse is that there may well be some great intentions from some Members on that side. There may well be. The problem, Mr. Speaker, is that this Government has consistently and repeatedly rejected an undertaking to …
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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—this is what we are going to have.
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, these are critical —
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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It may be too late. The Gover nment may be intending to propose legislation on Monday.
4 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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What I will say in conclusion, Mr. Speaker, is that today we had a demonstration of considerable concern expressed on the grounds of this Parliament. The Premier knows there have been a multitude of calls for a rec onsideration, a stepping back. Some sort of . . . something to say that there is a willingness to listen and to …
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I would just like to speak on a few areas. I would like to speak on CPU, the London Office, the Information Commissioner’s Office, the Commission of Inquiry, and the Statistics Office. I will speak first about the Statistics Office. I was not intending to speak on it, as I spoke on that the …
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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—obvious . . . my colleague the Shadow Attorney General says “dark.” I might say “ominous” as my colleague here says. Is there some other motivation that is paramount? Because it begs the question, if there is a systemic issue, because all you needed to do was look at all the other Auditor General’s reports and you will see some …
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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No, the 25- acre estate. [Inaudible in terjection]