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The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

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12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, and good morning, colleagues. At present, Premier, are there any MPs as of today who are hired as consultants for any particular ministries? Hon. E. David Burt: I would say absolutely. SUPPLEMENTARIES
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Supplemental? Can the Premier name those MPs who are consultants? Hon. E. David Burt: Mr. Speaker, what I will not do is to try to provide a list, as I may not know. And then there will be criticisms in regard to whether or not those persons are consultants or non -consultants or on contracts doing extra work, or work …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. [Inaudible interjections]
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Not yet, not yet, not yet. [Laughter]
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A bit hard to believe but thank you very much. I will accept it. And the supplemental will be, When can I get the list, then? Can you give me a specific time? Hon. E. David Burt: Happy to have the Cabinet Office review the records and provide the list hopefully by the time …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you again, Mr. Speaker. I share in the sentiments, of course, by all to the last tragic events that have taken place over the week. It is certainly a solemn time. On a high note, though, I would like to congratulate, Mr. Speaker, a former Parliamentarian, Mem-ber—I believe he has the “Honourable” title still —Bob Richards for the …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker .
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you. 1500 12 July 2024 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: You have the floor.
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, I do not believe that we will be too long. We do have a few questions in Com-mittee. One of those major questions, actually on the last part of what the Honourable Minister has just mentioned, was this meeting of minds between the unions and Government to ensure that as this new entity had been reduced by nine losses …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, PS! His new PS.
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, yes, general manager, PS. And then the gentleman?
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Simmons? [Inaudible interjections]
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Simons. Okay, all right. Thank you for that, Mr. Speaker . I appreciate that. I guess historically it has been . . . WEDCO always kind of set the standard. They were always push-ing forward. I recall many conversations with Mr. Dias in his capacity while we were Government, and even outside of that, but certainly he has been a …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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What am I talking about? I am talking about what I know. I am grateful for this here. And as I have said already, one of the major questions that was of concern has already been answered and we can go into depth. This is going back, as the Minister has said, back from 20 . . . almost 20 …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman. Clause 5, talking there, [subsection] (1), the post General Manager of West End Development Bermuda House of Assembly Corporation is now renamed as CEO, Chief Executive Officer. Just curious as to . . . with these efficiencies then, does that require an understanding that the scope of . . . between the two, General Manager …
12 Jul 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Clause 8, Powers of the Corporation: electronic communication services. Just curious there, where it says to provide electronic communication ser-vices . . . could the Honourable M inister give us an example of those electronic communication services he is talking about, Internet or whatever it might be?
28 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Considering the reply, would this suggest that not enough consultation had taken place?
28 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would just like to add a few words. I always thought that Bermuda was a perfect place for us to have EVs, and I recognise that it is an issue. I remember this issue coming up years ago, and I will be more specific, with the Kia vehicle that was a hybrid. …
28 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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You know, these things look like you are driving around in a bubble, quite frankly.
28 Jun 2024 House of Assembly
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Well, Mr. Speaker, I did see that fancy thing that came in years ago, that rocket. I do not know if we can bring those in. Now that was a beautiful car!