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The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

2212
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20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Again— [Audio skip] [Inaudible interjections]
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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—he cannot figure out how to get beyond that. And as has been said before, he is learned enough on how to get around that.
20 Sep 2024 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Okay! Good, good, good, good, good, good. Will the Honourable Minister please inform this Honourable House as to the BELCO charges for the National Sports Centre for each month from January 2018 to date?
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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That’s why I was wondering about the time. [Inaudible interjections] Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Mr. Speaker, [the figures are as follows:] • January 2018, charges were $52,464; • February 2018, $53,805; • March 2018, $54,162; • April 2018, $46,011; • May 2018, $47,729; • June 2018, $48,506; • July 2018, $50,099; • August 2018, $52,840; • September 2018, $50,855; …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker. That is not the case at all, “vexatious.” [Inaudible interjections]
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I would be willing to take it in writing. The challenge is that we have still got questions that have not been answered, and we have asked for them in writing. And we are still waiting. Like for the Premier and the questions I asked last week . We still have not received them. So, if we can …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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That is what I said in the beginning. Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Yes.
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Supplemental, Mr. Speaker. And I appreciate the patience everyone has had in seeking out to get the answers here. What I would ask is, based on outside of COVID -19, it appears that it is a priority to get this under wraps. So, my question then would be, Based on the bills that we see up until now, from …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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I am not sure about the last part that he is saying, started under another Government. The OBA became Government in December 2012. So, I am not sure what former Government he speaks of. Maybe he can clarify that for us. [Inaudible interjection]
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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My second supplementary that I have is —
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Consider that we have probably spent between that period of time in electricity bills over $3 million. And I am curious as to whether or not, did we fulfil every month the discount date? Or did we fall behind in any of those many months, 70 months? Did we fall behind or were they paid on time before the discount …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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He can still answer it. [Laughter]
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Saved by the bell.
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. He—
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, if you will? I would like to request that for questions 2 and 3, if we could receive those [answers] in writing since we did not reach the threshold of getting them today?
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, we did not finish. I did oblige on speaking with you. I still have not received answers from the Premier on previous questions that I made. So, if I could get some kind of indication where we are going . . .
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you. I would like to be associated with the condolences to, he is actually a close cousin of mine, Steede, Pastor of the Seventh- day Adventist Church. What a sad message to receive that at such a young life, he has passed on. And this was somebody who came back to Bermuda, a very well -organised gentleman, pastor, …
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes, he passed away. [Inaudible interjection]
19 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, he was in Toronto, yes. Yes, yes. So very sad occasion for us as a family. Our former Chairwoman, Lynn, that is her husband, Lynne Woolridge. And of course he was treasurer for many years. And the same slogan at every meeting we had was, It’s all about canvassing. I mean, he got to the point where it became …