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The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

2212
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10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
6 words
Yes. Y es. Okay. [Inaudible interjections]
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
15 words
I have 10 minutes and well, just a little less than 11 minutes. [Inaudible interjections]
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
18 words
Oh, okay. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Bermuda House of Assembly The Deputy Speaker: Okay. Are you retracting?
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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3 words
I’m trying —
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
10 words
Okay. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I will retract that.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
26 words
What I would say is this. This is a classic example of what I said. It is not listening. It is just not listening. [Inaudible interjections]
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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5 words
And this whole — [Laughter]
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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10 words
And now we are using unparliamentary language in the House.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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17 words
Here we are, the point is that the public are feeling that this Government is not listening.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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I said in public.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, he did. And a lot of objections came in.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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Plenty of them.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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I did say that he has the right. I did— The Deputy Speaker: Yes, you did.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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—commit to the fact that he has the right.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
71 words
But the people believe that his answering was not substantial, and he was not listening, especially to the concerns of experts who have already weighed in on the situation. So, you know, we can say that he gave a substantial answer to what he believed was the case, but I can assure you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, that as we talk …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
22 words
And that they did not weigh in clearly to the concerns that were laid out to the people of Bermuda. [Inaudible interjections]
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
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70 words
You know, I think one of the drastic differences that I have been talking about is the fact that we have not seen . . . you know, we can give and give and give. And lower taxes . . . let’s just use food for an example. We are lowering taxes down to the point whereby just about everything, …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
305 words
But at the same time, factors that are outside of us are increasing the challenge, like sugar going up 33 per cent, increasing the challenge that we have got to find a better way of getting goods to the Island at a better price. Now, some things we cannot change. Some things are beyond us. And the only thing that …
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
48 words
Mr. Deputy Speaker, you have got Elbow Beach closed and you have got South-ampton Princess closed. Maybe one of the suggestions should be to take the $120 million that you are dumping into this particular Grand Atlantic and put it into these established hotels that are already there.
10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
7 words
If you have got an issue with—