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The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

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21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, supplementary.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Does the Minister have an idea of what it would cost to get us to a point of being operational at the level that he would like at the quarry for the asphalt?
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, second supplementary. Based on the answer that [the Honourable Minister] gave, for the asphalt itself, are we looking at al-ternative sources for the sourcing of the asphalt in and of itself? I am aware of where we used to buy it, but are we looking at other sources that might assist us and lower the cost for asphalt?
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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You are not bringing any in at all then?
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Aggregate.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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55 words
Yes. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Minister, identifying the fact that I believe you had a successful effort at dealing with such a number of folks coming to and visiting the Island, were you able to identify any challenges that we might have that we need to work on, going forward for the season?
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, supplementary. I did have the pri vilege of cruising back to Bermuda for, unfortunately (no one would think), medical reasons. But I could not fly. So upon arriving at Dockyard, unfortunately, the ship with almost 3,000 passengers, there were no taxis at all there. So that is why I was ask ing the question, identifying any potential areas. So, …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Solve our problems. Solve our problems. Come on. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Oh, we are solving the problems. —
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you. Thank you.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think the challenge that the fund has, at the end of the day, [is that] we have a dwindling population. And we need to find a solution to this here. If you take the forecast of our population and our contributors to the fund, it will continue to decline and that means it will continue …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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—you know, it is pretty pathetic. If we want to go at it here, the stats are showing that our population is declining.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, which ones? Probably the ones that you are not speaking to. The S peaker: Just direct it here. [Inaudible interjections]
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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No, I’m not sidetracked at all.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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If they are not going to face the realities — The Speaker: Talk here.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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—that the country is coming to, then we are not going to get to any solutions here.
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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So that kind of interpolation of “what stats?”, the fact is that the seniors have grown and the population of Bermuda is declining at a rate that is not sustainable for the fund or other things. For the economy —period. So if the PLP Government wants to stick their head in the sand on that particular issue, that is on …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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They are feeling it. So, you know, we need to come to a solution to this here. We can go back and forth over whether we feel this $3 billion is fundable or not. It is an ongoing concern. But what we need to hear is what the Government plans on doing. Until we get to 2044 . . . …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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What is going to happen to that?
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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112 words
So, you know, we do not need to . . . we need to hear from them. They are the Government! They need to show up with a plan on what they are going to do. They continue to say, Oh, well, the people of Bermuda are going to continue to vote for us. Well, if they are going to …
21 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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20 words
And I am hearing, We have one. But no one is hearing it. No one is hearing it! [Inaudible interjections]