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

19 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate their interpolation into what they believe happened. But I spoke directly with Gencom themselves. I am not talking about blogs— Hon. Vance Campbell: Mr. Speaker—

19 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Let me finish. I am not talking about blogs. Hon. Vance Campbell: Point of order.

19 May 2023 House of Assembly

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They mentioned the blogs. I did not mention the blogs.

19 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So, I will correct the Honourable Minister of Tourism. I met with one of the investors from Gencom about the infor-mation that we requested long before [the] Senate was to debate it —long before [the] Senate was to debate it. He promised to bring information. He never brought it, and then we pressed the issue. Yes, …

19 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes. No need. I know what I said, Mr. Speaker. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. So, I understand that when we are going through these things and when we were discussing the whole issue, the SDO with the Southampton Princess was completely separate. And I was very clear when I got up and ma de my comments because …

19 May 2023 House of Assembly

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we, we, . . . that somehow we have some say in that. Well, I c an assure you, Mr. Speaker, the Royal Gazette has never been a friend of mine. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: What?

19 May 2023 House of Assembly

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So you know I do not s tand here knowing or hav ing some inside track to the Royal Gazette because I believe that they also have participated in speculation. [Inaudible interjection]

19 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Speculation.

19 May 2023 House of Assembly

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So, yes , it is getting deep. [Inaudible interjections]

19 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Extremely, extremely deep. Now one of the things also that is confusing about this SDO when it comes to Southampton Princess is the fact that, and I heard an Honourable Member speak before from constituency 2, Kim Swan, the Honourable Member, that these condos will be a part of the hotel rooms . Well, I am not sure what meeting …

19 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I think if I were to clarify or to be very specific, they cannot mandate a certain number of rooms to be a part of the hotel. And that is what I said. And it was very clear from the Honourable Member s in the presentation and my colleagues. All of my colleagues that …

19 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Tell me what happened in the meeting. [ Crosstalk] Hon. E. David Burt: Point of order, Mr. Speaker.

19 May 2023 House of Assembly

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—because I can state very clearly what was said. And I am sure that Honourable Member s will, if they need to—they do not need to— [state] what was discussed and what was said at that particular time. And so here we are. I am sure that most of us would like to see this happen as soon as possible. …

19 May 2023 House of Assembly

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I am sure the Hansard will show that I said $700 million. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: He did, Mr. Speaker !

19 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker. And he is right. It is about that amount. What I did not . . . I did not average what . . . What we did do, and what he is not aware of, is that we actually did do a breakdown of the units. Some would be in the $3 million range. And maybe I …

19 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you.

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you and good morning, Mr. Speaker, colleagues and Bermuda.

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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My question is . . . and I want to give accolades also to Remi Subair and his team for the Ag Show. I had the opportunity to attend and had a great time with my grandkids. Does the Minister have any idea of the total revenues that were attained through the entrance fees and c oncessions?

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Supplementary.

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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And congratulations on that. I mean, I think it is fantastic. It shows that Bermuda was looking for this to happen and to continue. So also con-gratulations on . . . the Minister mentioned he would be increasing the grant amount to about $150,000, I believe. So that is good. When I mentioned concessions (I would just like to clarify …