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The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

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13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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5 words
Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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8 words
Yes, I will take the whip part. [Laughter]
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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155 words
I will not keep us long. There is a consensus that I do hear here that something needs to happen. And as I was listening to the Honourable Member Hayward speak to his constituency and the challenges, I do feel for him as . . . not just as a Minister but as a representative of his constituency and those …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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It is very much a real challenge that we do have. And I accept the fact that it is not acceptable for anyone to have to come home, to have to deal with the contamination of what I consider to be one of the wonders of the world in how we col-lect our water, store our water, to be contaminated …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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When it says “plant” it is not talking about a tree. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: And gas stations too!
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, I was just going to get to that. Don’t . . . let me finish. Let me finish! [Inaudible interjections]
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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It will affect all of that. We have seen where we have had challenges down at Ferry Reach with the fumes coming from Ferry Reach. Certainly not from the local stations — [Laughter]
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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From the plant in and of itself challenges there. And I can recall an instance where people, residents —and it was around Christmas time, too, a couple of years ago—were getting a foul smell, and someone was not quite keeping up with their maintenance. So, it is important that we understand, that people understand, that there is a way to …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is typically not my forte but having read through the Bill and standing in for the more substan-tive Shadow Minister and of course we have someone standing in, the Honourable Member Tinee [Furbert], for Minister Weeks of National Security. I did not have in particular any major issues particularly with this Bill. I guess …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman. 364 13 December 2024 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly Under clause 4, section . . . let me just go to it. Section 12, first, where it says “provides that the Collector of Customs may charge an administrative fee . . .”. And we heard earlier in the general reply that the fee …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, just one more. Under clause 4, section 9, where it says, “[M] akes provision for the Collector of Customs to enter into arrangements for cooperation with authorities . . . .” Just curious, how was that being done before this was put in place or enacted? It is kind of arbitrary and open, so . . . how was …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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I am going to let you speak. [Laughter] TOUGH SITUATIONS IN BERMUDA NEED SOLUTIONS
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I am going to try and move swiftly. There are a couple of topics I want to hit. The first one is Part III, the first section of this insurance thing that I have been speaking to on . . . it is starting to be a fairly regular basis. And then we see worldwide where insurance company …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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I had no clue that the devastation of not being able to provide . . . or having difficulty with getting health care was so devastating for many families. The number one reason for bankruptcy in the United States —yes, in the United States —is health care. So, we have been hearing a whole lot about the greed of the …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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There certainly is a window of opportunity, I am sure, just after Christmas. We will see if that happens. The only one with that crystal ball is the Premier. So let us see. It would be remiss of me to say that, quite frankly with, like I said all of these Christmas gifts today (that I am calling that) that …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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What I would say is this: the best people to run this country are the people of this country. Let them choose if they want to go with the colour red or blue or green. They can choose that. But at the end of the day, it is time Bermuda. It is time. Because the rubber has met the road. …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Working together.
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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I said to the Premier the other day that . . . we want to work on a Bill, then let’s work on a Bill together then. Don’t bring the Bill after you have done it. Let us work on the Bill together if we have to so we can resolve those issues beforehand and come into this House holding …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Because I felt that we needed to come together. It was also back in 2013 that I called for a day of prayer and brought all of the religions together so that we could find a way to come together for the betterment of the country. I stand by that today. [Laughter]
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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And will continue to stand by that. And come what may, it gets contentious in this House—sure it does get contentious in this House because I believe that on both sides we are passion-ate about the fact that we want a better Bermuda.