Speeches by The Hon. L. Craig Cannonier, JP, MP

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Absolutely! Associate MP Swan of constituency 2, which I believe she lived in; almost on the border of constituency 1 and 2, actually. But certainly I am sure that Honourable Member Foggo would like to be associated as well with this here, knowing her, and yourself, Mr. Deputy Speaker, as well. This is a well -known family, the Pearman family. …

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Yes! [Laughter]

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker.

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I am trying something different here, Mr. De puty Speaker. You can hear me okay; yes?

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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I know you were having diff iculty befor e, so I just want to make sure.

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you so much. And thank you colleagues for the opportunity here to di scuss something that has become near and dear to all Bermudians as we hav e been moving through the passage of trying to revitalise our tourism industry. It goes without saying that the tourism industry has been of much debate, going back to the establishment even …

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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And so I am disappointed that we did not hear more details from the Minister. This is his portfolio. He is an astute Learned and Hon-ourable Member. I am sure he can be given information. We should not have to be waiting for som eone else to give us more information and for that matter, in my estimation, to be …

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Now, some may argue or refute, but this appears to be some of his reasoning for stepping back. He said that, you know, this is the reason why I am stepping down. Whether or not there was a guarantee in place, there has been a lot of speculation because it has not been very clear as to exactly where we …

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Now, I know, and I am sure that we are going to hear, Mr. Deputy Speaker, interpolations of other projects. I am not interested in that, Mr. Deputy Speaker. There is enough mud to be thrown around. And I have been involved with thro wing around figures and numbers going back and forth between the UBP’s projects, the PLP’s projects, …

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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That is not what I said. That is not what I said! Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: What did you say? I will stand corrected.

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Yes. Why don’t y ou listen? Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Now, don’t be rude. B ecause I can be rude too, you know, Cannonier.

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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You are rude. You didn’t listen.

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I will clarify what I said. I said that this is one of the reasons, one of the major reasons, because he said the airport was a major factor. I said one of the major reasons why they invested. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker .

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Yes, thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. As a point of clarification, I wi ll read . . . I said I was reading from an article that was done in inter-viewing Gencom part owner, Karim , on December 5, 2017, (quote) “Karim Alibhai,” (I don’t know how to say his last name well. I don’t want to mess it up.) …

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Was there something? Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: Point of order, yes.

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So, Mr . Deputy Speaker, with so little information being given here so far today, it becomes extremely difficult to ensure that Bermuda, that we as an Opposition, and maybe even some PLP Members, I don’t know, that we get a very clear pi cture of exactly . . . we know what we are attempting to do here, but …

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I think that he can check with his Premier and the Premier can certainly allude who he met and let him know on his side who met. I know that the Premier is aware of the meeting. So he can check with his— Hon. E. David Burt: Point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker.

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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My apologies. [Crosstalk]

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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Sure. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I will clarify that. I was not alluding or suggesting that the Premier was in the meeting. I did say that a meeting request was asked of the Premier. It did not happen in a particular timeframe as to the Opposition Leader. And then after we sought a meeting with the princ ipals, it …

6 May 2022 House of Assembly

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I am being transparent.