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Walton Brown

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2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Wreck Hill, right. Who remembers Wreck House? Wreck House was a beautiful 25- acre estate— [Inaudible interjection]
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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A beautiful spot. Beautiful. It is now owned by a very kind man who runs an Austr alian med ia empire from Wreck House, Bruce Gordon. But in the 1970s that property was owned by a very wealthy American. And that American said, You know what? Bermuda has been very good to me. I would like to pass this 25- …
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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I will be guided by you, Mr. Chairman. I was just going to sa y that PATI is a great thing and we should all embrace it. 968 2 March 2016 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: Thank you.
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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I am happy to reserve those comments for a subsequent occasion. So, Mr. Chairman, since my remarks have been somewhat abbreviated, I will si mply say that it is important to look at the work of the various depar tments under the Premier’s Office. The work of the CPU is critically important. The work of the Stats D epartment is …
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, reflecting on this issue and li stening to some of the comments that have been made thus far in this debate it reminds me of the closing lines in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet . You will know, Mr. Speaker, [Mercutio], on reflecting on the actions of the Capulet’s and the Montague’s, said, “A plague …
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Was it? The amendment to the Human Rights Act for sexual orientation? Two w ords and a comma . . . I cannot remember whether it was a conscience vote or not. But I recall saying at that time that it is disingenuous to give partial rights. How do you say to somebody we recognise that you are being treated …
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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You were not there, because you decided not to accept the invitation to come to the meeting, Honourable Member, even though you are in my constituency. [Laughter]
2 Mar 2016 House of Assembly
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Everyone there said that they were opposed to civil unions and same- sex marriage. I listened to them and I listened to their arg uments and then I said my view is that I believe it really is a fundamentally human rights issue. I believe that in 21 st century Bermuda we should not be passing laws that provide for …
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning, colleagues.
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I wonder if the Honourable Minister can answer this question: In light of the Government’s seeming embrace of obligations passed on to Bermuda through the European Conve ntion of Human Rights, I am just wondering to what extent that convention has determined Government’s position on this particular issue of civil unions and same -sex marriage.
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Yes, supplementary. In not making direct reference to those oblig ations enshrined in the European Convention, is the Governm ent not concerned that as they posit with r espect to immigration, they might be out of step with international best practices and standards?
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask this House to send a letter of condole nce to the family of a former Dean of Bermuda College, Mr. Bertram Guishard. And we are going to associate, I expect, the entire House. Mr. Guishard was one of my deans for a period of time at Bermuda College, Mr. Speaker. He had a …
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chairman. Madam Chairman, I will not be long. I would like to hear the answers from the Junior Minister. Referring first to Head 29 on the issue of domain name registrations —
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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[Page] B -309.
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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It jus t seems very inefficient that even today we still have a requirement for a Gover nment department to actually approve of domain name registrations. That is an inhibitor on business deve lopment. And I know there have been at least two occasions in the past 12 months where having been faced with delays through this Ministry, I just …
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Compliance o n page B -303, we are looking at the Operations Division.
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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And so I want to know where that file is. Has it disappeared? If it has disappeared, would the Junior Minister be happy in having assi stance in locating i t? Because I can contact the person who actually put the file together. I want to know if there is any correlation between that and the Bermuda status applications. This …
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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Oh, absolutely.
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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It is about the efficacy of funding if we are getting really value for the money we are spending. Because the issue of Bermuda status and PRCs is a very sensitive one it is important for Government to convey information accurately and reliably. And so when you have information that falls far from that standard, I question whether we are …
29 Feb 2016 House of Assembly
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How so? And the Junior Minister asked with a straight face, so let us explain how so. If you look at the demographic makeup of the beneficiaries of this, for example, if you look at it in terms of the racial makeup or gender makeup, it is 73 per cent white, it is slightly more male than female. But if …