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The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

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17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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It is happening. It is happening. Yes, everything is coming. Christmas is coming. New Year’s is coming. May 24 is coming. It is all coming. And an election is coming.
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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And an election is coming. So, let’s have it. Call the election so we can get some facts. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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And we wonder why we are having problems. Hon. Vance Campbell: Any hotel that has an interest in taking advantage of the provisions and the conces-sions offered under that Act has to make an application that is specific to their operations. So they are looked at individually as to whether they meet the criteria as outlined in the Act. They …
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, the Honourable Member is misleading the House. We never intimated, as such, 70 per cent across the industry. We mentioned specific hotels. Never said across the industry. It was difficult for a hotel to get 70 per cent. Not acr oss the industry.
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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No one said that. [Inaudible interjections] Hon. Vance Campbell: Mr. Speaker, we all heard what he said. His colleague sitting right next to him reinforced what he said. [Inaudible interjections] Hon. Vance Campbell: Which was he was talking about the industry as a whole.
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Point of order. Point of order, Mr. Speaker . POINT OF ORDER [Impu ting improper motive]
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Unfortunately, the Honourable Member and Premier is imputing improper motive. This is the second time that he has done it as I listened, insinuating that a former Member of ours was handing out turkeys with all this resource, like it was really . . . it was for the needy that he handed them out. For the needy. Not just …
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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And now he continues on to degrade the OBA on something he knows . . . none of us have been pulled before the courts, if he wants to talk about stuff like that. Come on now. Keep it clean. He is saying he wants to keep it clean. Keep it clean.
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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So do your M embers. Hon. E. David Burt: Okay. Apparently, he is missing the point. So let me try again. When persons over on that side . . . remember, Mr. Speaker, where I was, about focusing on the policies? It is amusing to hear people on that side saying, without belittling people on the other side, when an …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Actually, I appreciate Minister Hayward’s (I would say) comments as to the nature of this particular Bill. I do not think any of us are arguing or dissenting to the nature of this Bill that is before us. And we also recognise and appreciate the fact that i t is a process. It certainly is a process. I think one …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Next month it is going up again, 20 per cent, going up, health insurance. So we are going to — Hon. Kim N. Wilson: Point of information, Mr. Speaker.
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. I will [yield]. POINT OF INFORMATION Hon. Kim N. Wilson: Thank you. Just for clarity and edification of our honourable colleagues and the Honourable Member who just allowed me to clarify. You will recall that there was a heavy discussion here in the House, and we made some amendments to the legislation that is being proposed as it relates …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. And thank you for that information. It really goes back to the point as I said already that the service that is being provided by the Government that they can control, the money is coming from somewhere else to supplement this challenge. And so with i ts coming from somewhere else, we have got to pay the piper. We …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. But it is a report from the Bermuda Health Council. It comes from their report. You can look it up; I looked it up. That is the last time we got a report. The Minister should know that. The last time we got a report was in 2018. That stipulated seven hundred . . . Okay, well, I will …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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So that is why you . . . it is. Okay. [Inaudible interjections ]
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Oh. Okay. Sorry. So you are saying that the Bermuda Health Council is not providing the information to you? 1186 3 May 2024 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly Ms. Lovitta F. Foggo: I am not saying that. I am saying— [Crosstalk ]
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Well, that is what you are suggesting. [Inaudible interjections ]
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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So we are going to crosshairs here. All I am saying is that I have got the data here and in 2018 it cost us $736 million. The question is, How much is it costing us now? So we have got to move faster in getting this information forward. The only contention that we have at this point in time …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, like a fine. [Laughter]