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The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

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27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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He is older than me but — [Laughter]
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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But I am having extreme difficulty waging the future and sacrificing the future for a mortgage that quite frankly could do us in for even longer periods of time. Opportunity, as they say, but I think we have a major, major challenge here and I think we need to rethink this one, Mr. Speaker.
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Not much to say here, just a bit of clarification, really, that I would like from the Honourable Member. I noticed with the dates and the likes that it may suggest that it is retro. So when we go into Committee, basically, I think we can ask the question and maybe get some …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just on clause 2 —
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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— where it speaks to the date lines there. Understanding the commencement, this is retroactive. Is the Minister aware of, between that pe-riod of 31 March 2024 up until this date whether or not that relief was given in respect to any hotels?
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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And to continue on with clause 2, I am just curious as to . . . you know, it is six months later. I am not sure who oversees these things, but is there any particular reason why we are just get-ting to this at this point and stage? 1738 27 September 2024 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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That’s it. That’s all.
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you. Really to say that we recognise the circumstances, and let’s get on with the Bill. [Laughter]
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Madam Chairman. Let me first say that frankly it is very good to hear this and these monies being associated and allocated (I should say) to the care of mental health. I do not think there are any of us who have not recognised that this is becoming an increasing challenge, especially amongst our y oung, our …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. The C hairman: So he c an get y ou your a nswers.
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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He read through it and I was trying to pick it up, but I wasn’t quite sure if there was . . . if the members who were being hired . . . and do they feel that throughout this year that realistically they will be able to fulfil those positions that they are seeking out to fulfil? Or will …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you. Just in relation to the hospital, MWI. How are they doing as far as staffing is concerned? And more specifically, this $350,000 that is going there, is that more . . . not necessarily for staffing or is that more for programmes and outreach?
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Under the department aid to [item] 6, the Ministry of Public Works, the Minister mentioned the Railway Trail and . . . I can’t remember the allocation for the Railway Trail exactly. [Inaudible interjections]
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Two hundred thousand dollars? Yes. Okay. How much area are we talking about covering? Is this like tidying up the whole Railway Trail, or is this more of a specific area that is maybe falling behind that needed a bit of brushing up? And as we go forward, are we potentially looking at beefing up the allocation during budget period …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Oh, it was about private roads.
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you.
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is again — [Laughter]
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, good news. The Minister delivered a fairly comprehensive, short but comprehensive, brief on what this brings to the table for Bermuda. And we are excited about the fact that they are coming here, Google, and setting up these transatlantic lines. [This is] important. Having been in the telecommunications industry it is good to see that we are going to …
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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But what we recognise is all of the ancillary benefits that are coming from that are vital to — [Laughter]
27 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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—are definitely what we want to see here in Bermuda. I congratulate all those involved, the Minister and all other Ministers who would have been involved in making something like this happen. And it will be interesting to see how many come here on the first tranche. But we do recognise it is going to be people buying, eating, renting, …