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The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

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5 May 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
54 words
Thank you very much. Bermuda House of Ass embly The Speaker: No further. Minister, that concludes questions for you this morning. We now move on. Minister of Education, there are Members who have indicated that they have questions for you. MP Jackson, would you like to put your question to the Minister of Education?
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
39 words
Thank you, thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to know from the Minister, then why was the solution to send the kids, these same kids, to Whitney before it had been approved by the Whitney Board then stated?
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
47 words
Yes, supplemental. Then why was that actual answer not told then at the meetings with the East End schools? In other words, why were they not informed that the board was then taking a look at it? It came across as if it had al-ready been done.
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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My question.
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
50 words
Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Unfortunately, I do not have [the Statement] in front of me. But I believe on the first page the Minister mentioned that there were 40 stakeholder meetings. I just wanted to ask the Minister, out of those 40 stake-holder meetings, how many did he attend?
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Supplementary. Would the Minister consider that physically being there to answer questions —which is one of the major concerns that folk had that they were not getting questions answered— would the Minister consider that potentially not being there at these meetings was a mis-take, especially to the West End and East End?
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker. For the record, we were not able to get the Statements. We actually got one physical printout one, and we made sure that the substantive Shadow Minis-ter had it. So that is why I was not able to . . . because it was not online for me to read. But I did listen intently. Unfortunately, we …
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker. We are not talking about whether or not he saw me. That is not the question. [ Inaudible interjections]
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Point of order. Point of order.
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Okay. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Mr. Speaker, I do not even know where we are at this moment. [ Laughter]
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, six months ago but no one has mentioned it . [ Inaudible interjection]
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Is that right? My apologies! Well, I tell you what. [ Inaudible interjections]
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Maybe I was not here. Maybe I was not here. But I want to congratulate them because it has been a step up in what they have done, where they have moved. The food is fantastic. I am waiting to see if there is going to be a fellow working there. It is all women right now.
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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But they have done a fantastic job. And their pastries are second to none. So I would encourage any of us if we have the opportunity to get down to St. George’s to visit Temptations, certainly being run by St. David’s folks and some St. George’s folks there as well. It is a great place to visit and to go …
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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And thank you for updating us that the dissolution of the Bermuda Land Development Corporation is to take place officially, I believe he said January of 2024. This is by no means a surprise that we are looking at this. The Minister has clearly stated, especially during the budget time the moves that he has been looking at in order …
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Yes. If you go further out to Cooper’s Island, where the beach is there, we call it NASA Beach there, the sand is so soft and pristine and largely because it didn’t have a lot of people going out there. It was always blocked off. But it is beautiful. Just beautiful. And not only does it have beachfront property …
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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Oh, absolutely! Absolutely! From the AME Church. [ Inaudible interjections and laughter]
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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So, interestingly enough, I am hoping that once the dissolution of the BLDC comes about that we are going to hear more from the Minister about what the plans are from this amalgamated group on how we can really make something happen. It needs a purpose, and I think that is what is missing right now; a singular purpose of …
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
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—but the Somerset people could come down there and it was fine. That was back in the day when St. George’s wouldn’t let St. David’s guys on the cricket team.
5 May 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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But that changed. That did change — [ Laughter]