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The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

2212
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15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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705 words
It ain’t easy. Just go on like that. But , yes, that’s good. But you got the message. I am sure you got the message. It is going to be tough going forward. I do not need to make personal attacks. I can joust with the best of them. No problem. But it is not necessary in this in-stance when …
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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10 words
I didn’t leave you by the side of the road.
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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13 words
Point of order, Mr. Speaker. Point of order, Mr. Speaker. [General uproar ]
15 Nov 2024 House of Assembly
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35 words
I think the Honourable Member is going a little too far in inflecting on what he believes and who he believes people are. And he has no clue. He needs to stop. [Inaudible interjections ]
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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5 words
Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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22 words
Unfortunately, the Member is misleading the House. It was his own Member who coined the phrase “financial literacy.” It was not us.
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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12 words
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, take the clock away. I will go.
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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321 words
I understand the need to be creative, and I understand the need to find solutions to what we believe to be a challenge within our economy and for our people. But as I have listened to everyone, and trying to be balanced about approach to this here, I recognise that on the one hand there are some of us who …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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64 words
Hang on. The Honourable Member did say that at 65 . . . the Honourable Minister Tinee Furbert said that at 65 it would be nice. Yes, she said it. Go to Hansard; she said it. I listened very carefully to her speech. So, it becomes difficult. If we go to the bank right now — Hon. Tinee Furbert: Point …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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70 words
Well, thank you for the correction, Mr. Speaker. We will clarify that up. I think we all heard it. Several of us sat here and heard it. But we will clarify it. I will take her at her word, but we will clarify that for sure. So the challenge that we have, Mr. Speaker, and I know people get exercised …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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325 words
So I am going to be cool with them. But this challenge that we have for Bermuda is a challenge whereby this economy is not where we want it to be. And so we are looking for these creative ways to be able to come up with programmes that are going to help because people do actually need help. If …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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29 words
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. So, Mr. Speaker, I am grateful that you have not hit the clock because I have taken up my time, all right? [Laughter]
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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415 words
My concern is that you cannot even right now go to the bank if you are 55, going on 60, and say, Well, look, you know, I want to buy a car. They want a letter from your job to say that you are still going to be employed with them. It is difficult out there. So I understand this …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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24 words
We are not talking about that. We are talking about folks being able to go into their pensions and use their pensions for —
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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374 words
Yes, a 64- year old. Okay, 64year olds, all right, you know what I mean? We are go-ing to be semantic here right now and fail to recognise the issue that is at hand, the issue that is at hand. It is fine for us all up in here because it is fine for us to c ome up with …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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11 words
I have not heard what they said. We have not heard.
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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111 words
What do you mean, what do I mean? I just said it. I just said it, Premier. Tell us whom you have consulted with to explain to us why this makes sense. Because I am not going to sit here and have a Member of Parliament tell me that, Okay, well, this is a great thing to do , and …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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144 words
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No one said that, no one denied that all so I am not sure where that is coming from. That is not how I am talking. The point is this, Mr. Speaker. I actually did not want to speak long to this here because I am still waiting for facts and figures, for consultation that leads …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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216 words
What we would like to know when you look at the figures in order for you to buy a home, what do you think that takes? What do you think that takes? If you have got to come up with 20 per cent, 30 per cent to buy a home, what do you think that average is going to be …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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14 words
I am in church longer than he is and I have known God longer.