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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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178 words
We work every day . This is unbelievable. It is unbelievable to listen to Honourable Members in this House— unbelievable, unbelievable, Mr. Speaker. So we are going to enjoy our Cup Match. But I can assure you that the rubber has met the road, and there are people who are extremely concerned about where we are as a people. What …
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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58 words
Yes. Thank you, thank you, and good morning, colleagues and Speaker. I just wanted to get a confirmation. When the Minister was talking about the upgrade of the system, so as it stands today, is it fair to assume that Southside and St. George’s Corporation, and the hotels, will be the first to benefit from this particular project?
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, yes.
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Just to make sure that I am not missing other stakeholders, are there any other stakeholders that might benefit at first (other than those three) outside of Southside, St. George’s Corporation and hotels? Bermuda House of Assembly Lt. Col. Hon. David A. Burch: Yes. There are some private houses that were already on the service. When the new service comes …
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, and supplementary. And those particular ones, the private ones, they do . . . sorry, they are on Southside and in St. George’s Corporation, not outside?
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Second question, yes, thank you.
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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So then on page 3 in the fourth paragraph, you mentioned the commissioning stage. So we are not at 100 per cent as of yet, and I believe the Honourable Minister mentioned that it would be around, before the end of the summer that it would be up. The question that I have concerning the commissioning of this new stage …
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Supplemental.
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Okay. Thank you very much. What I neglected to say is congratulations. It is good to hear this information. I am very, very, very much happy to hear it. St. George’s has been looking for this for several years. [Inaudible interjection]
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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So I will not interpolate, yes. So with the . . . with the . . . threw me off of my question. [Laughter]
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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The number of homes. I got it, the number of homes. I am happy about the . . . very happy about it. When is that 100 per cent capacity? And I am not sure if we are talking about potable water and re-verse osmosis, but I am assuming it is just potable wa-ter for now. How many homes do …
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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62 words
My apologies. Maybe I was not clear. When I say outside of those particular, when it is 100 per cent, do you anticipate being able to do . . . because it will be available eventually to the private sector. Are you saying it is another phase then after the 100 per cent? I want to know if the rest …
14 Jul 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes. Will that 100 per cent be able to supply 2,000 homes?
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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1,060 words
Yes, thank you, Madam Acting Speaker. I was not quite sure where I was going to land with this. But what I can say is that we have a 60- page plan that we seek to implement in hopes that we will be able to relieve the challenges that we as a country are facing. And I will commend the …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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322 words
It has been declining. So, this is a challenge that governments after governments still have not gotten to the root of how we actually fix this. Now there are solutions on the table. We know that. And I saw in one of the particular articles where we are going to be offering these different things and it actually was a …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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It is not a stretch. The cost of living continues to rise and we have not gotten control of it. We have not gotten control of it. There are oppor-tunities that we have in this country to help reduce the cost of living. The approach to it is not reducing duty, that is not going to do anything because the …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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I am not go ing to tell y ou again because if y ou do not l isten the first t ime . . . the Honourabl e Member was lookin g for solutions a nd he is getting them, aski ng for . . . the solutions h ave been put out there.
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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258 words
The solution is . . . I will tell you what the solution is. Having our Ministers not mislead people when they have meetings. We can start there. If you want to interpolate, we can start there. The solutions need to be based on real information. And that is what I appreciate about the Minister. He is giving us real …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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536 words
“ Everybody has got a plan until they get punched . . . .” And we as a country have been punched with the recession, COVID -19, emigration, cost of living, you [can] go on and on and on. And the challenge we have is, how are we going to address it? I am grateful that the Minister has brought …
30 Jun 2023 House of Assembly
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Yes, the prices are being . . . we are being raped by prices when we can get half the price from many other countries. [Inaudible interjections]