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The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

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28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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And so I will go over . . . I will continue with . . . I will go over now to Capital Development, pages C -6 and C -7. And the Minister spent quite some time there. And quite frankly, again, he is very thorough so a lot of questions were already answered. So I will thank the Minister …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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So I will continue down to Parks, under 75101, Park Improvements. We see the allocation of estimate for 2024/25 is $400,000. Prior was original estimate [of] $450,000. I do not know if the revised amount has any real say here, whether or not that is an ac tual figure. What challenges are we finding? Or what issues are we finding …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, that’s correct.
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Apologies if I stated that wrong. Solar PV. So which buildings are we looking at now? I know this has been an ongoing thing to get effi-ciencies built within the buildings. That is commendable. I would like to know exactly where we are heading with that. A nd what buildings are we now forecasting or looking at that will be …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Though Bermuda is small, you should not have to get yourself caught out, but it happens. Right? For any number of reasons. Under Works and Engineering, on the same page, Mr. Chairman, page C -6.
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Page C -6 under Works and Engineering. Just on a side note before I go to it, the Minister mentioned 75045 and I could not find that anywhere. I don’t know if I was hearing the number wrong, but I believe he stated that there was a 75045. If I could b e corrected on that, I would appreciate …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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So, going back to 75042, under Works and Engineering, under Road Works. I recognise that this is a much needed $5 million injection into our roadworks, whichever one he is talking about. But I could not . . . and he mentioned also that this would include sidewalks as well. Which was good to hear that as well. But if …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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I will go down further, just below that, 75127, Reconstruction Retaining Walls. We don’t see an allocation there. Obviously, the Ministry, and all Bermuda, has been challenged with this rain that we have been getting for the last two years actually, not just one year. This increase volume of water that we are taking on and we are seeing many …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So what I would like to do now, Clerk, [sic] is to go back over to Public Works, on page—
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Chairman. On page B -218, turn now over to Ministry of Public Works, Headquarters, and begin then working through each head, if you will.
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, very much. On page B -218, again, I want to go back to the theme and every year when I get the Budget Book I can find a theme that pretty much goes through where the emphasis is financially for the Minister. And I notice that at the end of the day much of the increas es, outside …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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No, no, no, no. But we know we have had an increase in rain. [Inaudible interjections]
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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I said we already have had an increase in rain for 2024. [Inaudible interjections]
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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You can check it. You can check it. Again, I think with what is going on with the roads, I was just curious as to whether or not we had more teams out there, potentially, just working on it. That would be good to know. On page B -219, under Headquarters, under the Department Objectives. The very first one says …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Page B -219.
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Under the second department objectives it says, To provide financial management, fi-nancial controls and budgetary support . . . And I really want to just hone in on this budgetary support because I know that throughout the year things happen and divisions will come and say, Look, we need more money for this; we need more money for that. They …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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We have the employee numbers there. And I mentioned earlier that there does not seem to be a real change in the employee numbers. So I am assuming that . . . last year we added one. This year we are taking away one for the same area, in the Finance Ministry. But I do believe the Minister mentioned that …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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Head 53. As the Minister happily read out, this is, quite frankly, a success story. And it has been for a long, long, long time for our Housing Corporation and the work that it does do. It has seen its tough times, better times —
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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But certainly the work that it does . . . and I want to give to the whole team there, their kudos. It is not an easy area. But it has been successful in its plight to doing good for Bermuda. I wanted to find out a little more as to whether or not there are any new initiatives that …
28 Feb 2024 House of Assembly
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On page B -225. Parks play a major role to locals and visitors.