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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

2498
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266,425
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154
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17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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5 words
Mr. Speaker — [Inaudible interjections]
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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5 words
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker —
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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132 words
The fact of the matter . . . if we do not have 70 per cent industry -wide is a reflection on every one of us in this House, not any given party. Every one of us in this House, [for] the last few gener-ations, has turned their back [on] tourism as being our primary industry. And we have to …
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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267 words
The fact of the matter, Mr. Speaker, is that this Government, led by several tourism Ministers, led by several BTA chairs, have insisted that we start investing in our people getting back into tourism, hospitality. Not just as waiters. Not just as bar-tenders. But as we see in the Hamilton Princess, managers! One of my younger cousins was spoken about …
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, if ever there was time I wished the House had cameras, today would be it. Mr. Speaker, this is the short version of the résumé of Ms. Lindsay Simmons, former Senator. But I am not here to talk about what is on paper, I am here to talk about what is in my heart, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, …
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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In more ways than one. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. [Desk thumping]
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker .
17 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, we are a party. Our middle name is Labour. The OBA candidate attacked Bermudian civil servants. We must defend them. Thank you.
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Deputy Speaker, what a historic day. This ain’t Dixie Land. We ain’t taking racism. Mr. Deputy Speaker, allow me to quote from a would- be politician. We need to work as a team. All this one-side-is-better -than- the-other is hogwash. Can I say “hogwash,” Mr. Deputy Speaker, without getting kicked out?
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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We are all in one ship. Winds blowing the same way. Why aren’t we trained to work together? That is from an OBA candidate. And as we saw today, when given the opportunity to work together, they choose to work in their own silo and be extremely divisive going so far as to verbally attack the House, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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So when people ask why we do not get along, why we do not work together, it is because, simply put, they do not want to, Mr. Deputy Speaker. It is not what they say; it is what they do. Mr. Deputy Speaker, I will not go into the past debate, but we have worked together on things in the …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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What he really said, and I quote, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Many Black people are leaving this Island because they do not feel their needs are being addressed by a Black civil service. You see, Mr. Deputy Speaker, the same party that says, We don’t see colour; we are diverse, specifically targeted Black people and the Black civil service.
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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The same people that are going to be knocking on their doors right now [and] asking them to vote, Mr. Deputy Speaker. So I [say to] Bermudians, it is not what they say, it is what they do. Ask yourself, i f you are a Black civil servant, and these same people who did cut your pay to give money …
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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So I say this, Mr. Deputy Speaker, to my colleagues in the room, my colleagues listening, what we saw today is why we have to rally around Senator Lindsay Simmons. Because if we allow a person to get into this House (there are two of them trying) who have nothing for Black people— [Inaudible interjection]
3 May 2024 House of Assembly
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No, two of them are trying. [There are] two others trying who have nothing for Black people. We are going to get more and more MPs attempting to disrespect, not only you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, all of us. So I say to Lindsay, if you are listening, we are her e for you and we are fighting for you. Thank …
15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I am going to be very brief. I need to remind the people of Bermuda that a few years ago when the PLP was returned to Government . . . and I will start talking about health care reform. There was a newly elected OBA MP whose reply was, Health care reform? What do you all think this …
15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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He went on to denigrate not even the mechanics of it but just the thought of health care reform. Calling us North Korea, all these sorts of places. So I took a moment to look it up and I [thought], Hmm. Health care reform. Universal health care. Places such as Finland, Sweden, Norway, England — [ Laughter]
15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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They had health care. The sort of thing we are trying to get toward. But this partic-ular Member was vehemently (is that the right word?) against health care reform. Then I did a little research. This thing called . . . what do they call it? Register of Interest. And I came to find out that this particular individual was …
15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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Every insurance company that he didn’t declare when he was vehemently against health care reform. Mr. Speaker, that was a prelude to what happened next. One by one the health insurance companies launched a tirade against health care re-form. And sooner or later some of the doctors, medical practitioners joined in the chorus. So, I say that when the Honourable …
15 Mar 2024 House of Assembly
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99 words
Yes, Perimeter Lane. The point is, Mr. Speaker, those same countries in Europe look out for their people by providing social housing. No one ever calls them Socialists or Com-munists. They say, Wow! Such a caring country. So I want to close here, Mr. Speaker, finance is not my thing. I only went to your government school. But what I …