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The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

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31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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The process of this whole thing is not looking quite right. [Inaudible interjections]
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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159 words
And the sad thing about it is, if you remember the movie, a spear is coming . And I don’t know what that is, but we got to hurry up and get 1312 31 May 2024 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly this right. Because if this is just to get committees in place, and to get them moving, …
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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One of the slowest. We’ve got other islands — [Inaudible interjections]
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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—that have had cyberattacks and they are sitting there and they resolved their matter and they are moving on. And we are just now bringing legislation to the House that allows us to put a committee in place. And isn’t this wonderful? I am going to bring legislation just so we can put a committee to-gether. [Inaudible interjections]
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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I am going to bring legislation so I can get a board together , and I am going to appoint somebody else to do this. And I am going to appoint somebody else to do that. You know what? We are not moving as if this is an emergency. We are not moving as if . . . and I …
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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It is almost a year. Let’s get a move on. Yes, I am blowing off steam. Blowing off steam happened a couple days ago when the Honourable Member who is in this House now, King, allowed the PLP to come last. Not third—last! That is blowing off steam right there. [Inaudible interjections]
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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That is what I call blowing off steam. So all I am getting . . . yes, I had better stick to the Bill, yes.
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Let me stick to the Bill. Mr. Speaker, I am going to back sticking to the Bill. I got this cramp in my leg, Mr. Speaker. And the process is not looking right. And the process is taking too long! You know, when you get that cramp, Honourable Swan, in sport s? And you can’t seem to get rid of …
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Somebody said, Sit down. Yes. Yes. Yes. I am not sitting down yet because I still got this cramp; I am trying to work it out. [Inaudible interjections]
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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They want me to sit down but they better fix it, Mr. Speaker. The Government needs to move on and fix it. They have got good civil servants who want to do the right thing. Let’s get on to fixing it. This may be a step in the right direction to fixing it, Mr. Speaker, but I want to say …
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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What [am I] talking about? [Inaudible interjection]
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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This . . . our Government was attacked. Held at ransom! And the Government is saying, and I want the public to hear this. What are you talking about? That is what they just said. What are you talking about? No wonder, Mr. Speaker, with all of the intellectual capital, in my opinion, that is in this House, great intellectual …
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Yes. It was all the other legislation. Yes, Mr. Speaker. Yes. It was all this legislation we got going here. So, I am hoping that out of this the committees, the committees, you know, they get moving. And I am hoping, Mr. Speaker, because I know the Minister of National Security is an honourable man. I hope we get …
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker. The Honourable Member unfortunately is misleading the House. I never said we paid it. Bermuda House of Assembly Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: He certainly did!
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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We’ll see what — Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: The Honourable Member asked, Mr. Speaker, How much was it? To be exact. He said, How much was it? So what does that mean? That you are not asking? I will sit down if you want to do a point of order. [Inaudible interjections] Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: …
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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It looks like my time is up again. [Laughter]
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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I will not be long. I want to continue to add my congratulations to the newly Honourable Robert King for his accomplishment. Not too long ago it was a gruelling opportunity for us to come forward and present what I would consider to be a stellar gentleman, a wise, smart man, to give him the opportunity to stand for Bermuda …
31 May 2024 House of Assembly
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I had tripped completely over . I felt like it was in slow motion the whole time. But what was beautiful about it was that the Honourable Member connected very well with people. And you know, constituency 10 is an interesting constituency. And so, it was rather rewarding to be in the count and to see that he was victorious. …
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Good morning, colleagues, and thank you, Mr. Speaker. On the last paragraph on page 2, the Minister mentions that there are other jurisdictions experiencing similar challenges. I am just curious as to whether or not the Minister is aware of the pay that the US, maybe New York or New Jersey which he mentioned . . . what they are …
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. I am just curious. So the gauge of saying that we are going to potentially, as put in the Statement, that we are going to match it up with the lowest labour figures to get the lifeguards to that potential figure . . . I am just trying to understand why we would use that as a barometer as …