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The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

2212
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18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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356 words
We are all on this small I sland together. We got to make something happen at the end of the day. That's what I'm getting at. You know, I have livened in up a little bit. We got to make something happen. A nd as I said prior, maybe some Members were not in here. I appreciate what has been …
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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14 words
The colour? I don’t worry myself about the colour of a book. [Inaudible interjection]
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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255 words
Yes, imitation. That’s it. R emember that when you wear a red tie next time. Where is it . . .? In the face of these trials (in the very beginning here) . . . and it ties into another point that I want to make about tourism. “In the face of these trials, the Government is determined to lead …
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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No, no, no, no, no. Minister of Education. I said tourism? Educ ation. He went to Elliot? Okay. Okay. And it was an i nteresting exercise that we partook in. The exercise was, we needed to answer what we thought young people’s issues were and what they were facing t oday. And then we talked about families and what fam …
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, I only have two minutes to go. I'm going to share. Listen, I've been sharing all this time. You should have come in the beginning. [Inaudible interjections]
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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So I am saying it has to be more fair, more equitable. We have been talking wit hin our caucus, within our room, about what needs to happen because the wealthy . . . okay? The wealthy need to pay more. Okay? I am telling you right now, the wealthy need to pay more, period. They need t o pay …
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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We will talk about it. We need to change the tax system. We have a s olution. Listen, we — [Inaudible interjections and laughter]
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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That's right. We have a sol ution.
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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I got two minutes and 17 seconds and all of a sudden on this one he wants to hear all of the details. [Inaudible interjections]
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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31 words
You want all the details? You know the details. You know what you need to do, Premier. So do we. You know what you need to do. [Inaudible interjections and laughter]
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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Exactly.
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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Change the tax system. The solutions . . . yes, the solutions —
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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57 words
Mr. Speaker, the solutions are already in a report that lay it out. Okay? We need to change this tax system. And we might be having a good laugh over here. Right? But I am expecting that the Premier, i n his position, understands fully well what I am saying. Hon. E. David Burt: No, I don’t.
18 Nov 2022 House of Assembly
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21 words
Well, that's too bad. That's too bad that you don't understand. I know you under-stand what needs to happen. [Inaudible interjections]
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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98 words
Thank you and good mor ning, Mr. Acting Speaker. I believe it is page 2; I am not sure exactly the page. There is an initial grant of $4.2 million that is going to be granted toward this particular renovation project. I guess what I wanted to know from the Mini ster is, that is just for this initial year …
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, supplemental. Okay, yes, I am glad the Minister clarified that because as I read throug h it, it was not quite clear how this was working. So then I guess my supplementary would be, considering that there is also an add ition to this approval of the $21 milli on, there is also an approval of $3.2 million for …
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, second supplementary. So just to be clear then, so then essentially what we are approving is about $18 million? Is that what the Minister is saying?
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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190 words
Yes, second question. Thank you, Mr. Acting Speaker. Just doing some quick calculations, I may have to adjust now because it is $18 million; I was not quite sure of that. First let me say that the Bermuda Housing Corp., they do a fantastic job. And I have always said that from the beginning. And I am grateful to the …
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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70 words
Yes. Supplementary to that. And I figured that this was the case. Does the Minister then know . . . so the rent geared is . . . what is it? Thirty per cent, 35 per cent and then additionally 10 per cent has to be saved s o that they reduce the 35 per cent ? Do they do …
7 Oct 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker.