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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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We want a better Bermuda . And so, some of this talk about just asking questions to ask questions, it is nonsense. If there is a question to be asked, you may not like it, but it has got to be asked. I did not always like questions when we, some of the questions that were asked when we were …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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So, the Honourable Member Famous, just like he mentioned, you know, leadership is not easy. Leadership is not easy. You have to be able to stand the tide, come what may. There will always be something that somebody has got to say about you. But if you lead with integrity and you stand for what you believe in, then others …
13 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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And to the rest of Bermuda, whether it be from St. David’s (because it is further out than St. George’s ) to Dockyard. Merry Christmas to you. And during this tough time, if we can help, every 36 one of us will be there. Merry Christmas, Mr. Speaker, Happy New Year to you if I do not see you before. …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning, colleagues. I do not want this debate to go with the premise that in questioning certain things there is some move-ment [towards disparaging] the good work that the Minister has done for this Bill. I have worked with the Minister over the years, and he is getting real ly good. So, the integrity …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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No, no, no, no. [Inaudible interjections , uproarious laughter and desk thumping]
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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They are taking up my time,
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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So, I genuinely believe in the integrity of this process and what the Minister has brought before the table. I did mention back in a previous debate that I felt that maybe this should be skewed more toward the larger businesses. And as we have already listened to the debate, you know, the banks have been mentioned and the like. …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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I think the Honourable Member unfortunately is contradicting himself. He said the 32 weeks would be a deterrent to these large businesses. Now he is saying the opposite, so maybe we could give them more. He is not making any sense.
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Okay. Okay.
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I must say that this particular report has sparked what I would consider to be some very valuable information and valuable debate as well. Although it seemed as if we were getting off to a bit of strange start, I think that the sentiment has been clear on both sides that we are all very …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Unbelievable. I called a police friend and I said, Look, come down when these byes come to my house and I am going to play the recording. And you should have seen their eyes. Couldn’t believe it. They had mistaken . . . thank goodness for the phones, i n’it? [Laughter]
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Unbelievable! So, I took it upon myself to intervene. And what I am getting at is that if we had just a little more intervention, and remember now, I am not going to . . . I am going to the homes now. The report is going to do what it has got to do. If it is implemented, and …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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I heard Minister Hayward talking about how things happened for him. At 14 my mother threw me out of here and said, You are going away to school. Because she could smell marijuana on me. I wasn’t smoking it but all my buddies around me were. Intervention. Because it was only a matter of time she saw if I wasn’t. …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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And we have grown men who are courting these young 14- year-olds, and some younger, to go out and steal for their benefit. This is what is going on as far as initiations are concerned. And then I think about the victims and how they are probably feeling right now about what is going on. They want something to happen. …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Yes, I had to grow up fast. [Laughter]
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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Nothing like what you see now. And then on top of it we have organised members in the community who are putting videos out —in Bermuda! —about killings! So, there has got to be a heavy hand dealt here because I can assure you, there may be some that we can get to and help, but I can assur e …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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And for the first time . . . I don’t know if it was the first time, but I mean we saw a young lady who was shot at on the back of her bike. I think . . . I can’t remember where it was. Involved! I mean, wow! That is where we are. And in this small community …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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We cannot. And that is why I said a government cannot govern while under this premise. And I am thanking them, Minister, for taking this step, but this is a monumental step that we are taking. And it is going to require, if the people are going to trust, parliamentarians, that we follow through on this because there are too …
6 Dec 2024 House of Assembly
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—so much so that this young man pushed him and punched him. And he was trying to tell him, You should not be calling people names like that. The boy was using racial slurs on other kids. Hey, man. You should stop doing that. You know? That is not the proper etiquette in school, man. This is not right. So, …