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The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

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24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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But the summary of course at the end of the day and the conclusion that the Minister has come to, we fully support after having listened to this extensive summary, the briefing, that the Minister has given. This, as the Minister said, has come about as a legacy issue and sometimes these things get passed on and after a while …
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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—free potable water. I think he said that, but — [Inaudible interjections]
24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, okay. Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker .
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you and good morning, colleagues. Just a quick question. This particular Statement is pretty much directed toward renting and low - cost housing rental units. Has there been any thought to possibly the same group that is helping with this here looking at single- unit homes? Because we know w e have the properties out there available, as mentioned …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Second question. On the last page, the Minister speaks of recommendations. And one of those recommendations on the last page at the top is removing properties from the vacation rental market and making them available to renters. Has there been any discussion with the vacation rental market about this possibility? Hon. Jason Hayward: Formally from the Ministry of Economy and …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I would like to also add my condolences to the passing of Sandra Moniz, Aunt Sandra. I spent a lot of weekends in her home, Pathfinders with her sons, and her daughter who actually went to high school with me abroad when we went. So, what a loss. Unfortun ately, I was away at …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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This was someone who was very social.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. I would love to sit down and have a wine with you and chat. He was a major part of establishing my branch in constituency 12. So, to his wife and family we send condolences. His funeral was yesterday, and I know that one of our Members at least attended. On a higher note, I just want to say …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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My grandson plays for Dandy Town, so I want to be able to attend his final match at eight o’clock tonight. [Laughter]
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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So good luck to the teams tonight.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Two very, very, very good teams are squaring it off in the under -13s, and well coached and managed, I must say. Both clubs are doing a fantastic job with our young people in football.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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That is one of them.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Tell us.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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That is okay.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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That is perfectly okay. The Deputy Speaker: Thank you, Mr. Cannonier.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Just following the protocol. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I think what I want to do first is address some of the things that were said that quite frankly were not in the line of exact facts. There was an Honourable Member who stood to his feet and talked about statistics of Bermuda back in 2012, 20 13, 2014, 2015, …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. I will continue on. I think the facts are there. They have been stated many, many times. The graphs have been shown in this Honourable House on numerous occasions, and to continue on some of what I would consider to be misleading facts going forward, yes , in fact, we did borrow quite a bit of money in order …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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But the fact is, when we became Government in December of 2012, by the time February had come around in 2013, the stark reality was we were unable to pay even civil servants at the time. And I have told this story many times in the House. And so, we had t o regroup and think long term as to …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, there . . . No. He is only quoting from 2012 through 2015, and I think he needs to get the statistics. I said up until 2017. Part of 2012, the majority of 2012, was accountable to the PLP Government at the time.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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That is right. There was no OBA budget. Right? So, what I am saying is that if you take it to the full term that we were in Government —