Speeches by The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Deputy Speaker. During yesterday’s press conference, the Premier mentioned lower interest rates with the banks. I received a few calls this morning. They were confused. So does this lower interest rate apply just to the contractors within the EEZ? Or does this, or will t his allow someone or a family buying a home within the EEZ to …

8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I know we are getting past that time now.

8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly

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Everyone is looking out. What I would like to first start out by saying amongst the non- ministry departments is thank you to all of the staff, just as the Premier had stood up to thank the staff. I mean, these are pretty much independent ministries that seek out really to be the foundation of much of what we do …

8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly

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—I believe the Premier . . . there were some numbers that were slightly different for the Governor and Staff. There were some slightly different numbers. Hopefully, we make that change because if it is pushed over to Senate, then they may be reading some s lightly different numbers as well.

8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly

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That is correct.

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Head 1.

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Yes, that is correct.

8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly

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And they can get those questions back to us. So thank you very much. What I will do is start off with Head 1, under Governor and Staff. I was just curious as the Premier had gone through and he mentioned some changes coming up considering the Governor potentially leaving. But he did say on the side that he did …

8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly

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Yes. Under Head 2 under Legislature. I am going to move over to Head 5.

8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly

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The Auditor General. The last question that I just asked, a similar question there as to the Auditor General: Were they actually affected by the cyberattack and are they at full capacity at this time? I want to move over to page B -15 under revenue. And it was not really clear as to the explanation here under revenue source. …

8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly

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I am going to move to page B-16.

8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly

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I am going to move to page B-16 and under business unit 15000, Audit, the second item there, N umber of financial statement reviews completed. If you look at the original amount, and the target outcome, it is drastically . . . it is quite different. Now, the revised amount is at 16 and so I am not sure exactly …

8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly

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So this is not the first time . . . I am not suggesting that this one . . . but there is a suggestion here that we are going back to this $251,000, which is what we saw back in 2020. It may be an indication that we might be heading toward something, not necessarily in 2025/26 but maybe …

8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly

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I will move over to Head 85, Ombudsman’s Office. Head 85, Dispute resolution.

8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly

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Head 85, Ombudsman’s Office. Again, these guys do a fantastic job. And I must say that it is not always easy in these non- ministries sometimes, especially when it comes to dispute resolutions. The numbers there really are pretty static. I really do not hav e any issues there. But if we look at the performance measures under Head 85 …

8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly

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Is it?

8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly

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Okay. Like I said, I am just really looking for the office of the non- ministries to answer because I know it is difficult for the Ministers for this here. So, I am fine with that. Under Head 92, Internal Audit. I was very curious. This is to provide a professional environment that fosters and promotes (this is under department …

8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly

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My apologies. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

8 Mar 2024 House of Assembly

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What is a surprise compliance? It is an odd term because it goes further on to say, reports issued for Cash/Purchase Orders. Is it sometimes that they are looking . . . is it a surprise audit? It is odd to say, surprise compliance. 978 8 March 2024 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly An Hon. Member: Surprise!