The House of Assembly is meeting today.
Who knew?
No public schedule is published of meetings of either the House or the Senate. No agendas are published for either. And no detailed Hansard minutes are ever made public. Attendance records are not published, nor are voting records. Even our expensive (but normally off the air) government CITV can’t be bothered to broadcast the proceedings!
It’s like some kind of secret boys club.
And they complain about apathy in the community?! Bermudians have low respect for their parliamentarians because no-one knows what they do! They are apathetic because their involvment in public issues is actively dissuaded.
A reader points out that Government has an RFP to produce Hansards for Parliament:
The Government of Bermuda is seeking the acquisition of a Parliamentary Recording and Publishing System (PRPS). This system will facilitate the drafting and publishing of proceedings of the Legislature to provide capabilities consistent with those found in other Commonwealth Legislatures. These capabilities include, but not limited to: digital audio and video capture, easy to use Hansard drafting tools, and content delivery and access via the world-wide-web. Stakeholders will have timely access to the most complete and up-to-date reports of legislature proceedings using proven, widely available technologies.