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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

2498
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4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
249 words
—and good evening to the people of Bermuda. Mr. Speaker, two weeks ago we saw som ething called a k abuki theat re where people were pr etending like they actually cared about the former F inance Minister. This week they changed the script. And they have gone back to good cop/bad cop. On the good cop’s side, we have …
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
11 words
It is very short. Well, kind of short, kind of long.
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
15 words
Mr. Speaker, every MP has to write a declaration of interest, correct? Right, Mr. Speaker?
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
250 words
Every MP. But guess what, MP Scott Pearman’s declaration of interest reads . . . This is public knowledge or is a public document. So, I am not reading anything out of class. The investment companies identified, invest no n-listed Bermudian companies included: Antares Limited, I nsurance; Argus, Insurance; Ascendant/BELCO; Bank of Butterfield, financial; BAS Group, engineering, technology and facilities …
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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You are cutting into my time, man.
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
311 words
So, let’s keep it real, Mr. Speaker. Every civil servant pays his rent or pays mortgage or both, and they buy groceries. So, if they cut those jobs, Mr. Speaker, somebody is not going to be able to pay their mortgage. Somebody is not going to be able to buy groceries. Is that what they want, Mr. Speaker? Now, am …
4 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Well, sorry . . . not telling the truth, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, under the [late] Honourable Walter Brown , I was asked—myself and others were asked—to serve on the Comprehensive Immigration Reform board, or whatever, committee. We served there with pride. We served there guiding our country to move from one stage to another in regard to how we …
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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Point of order.
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Mr. Deputy Speaker, yes. The Honourable Member (I am using that word loos ely) is using racial tropes to say Black children are g oing into gangs because their parents are working hard. Everybody’s parents work hard, and not ever ybody goes into a gang.
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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Mr. Deputy Speaker, I yield to MP Richardson.
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker. 402 18 February 2022 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Deputy Speaker: Mr. Famous. Thank you. You have the floor. SUDDEN RESIGNATION OF FINANCE MINI STER
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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Just let these people know the batting order has changed, so these are going to get hard right now. Mr. Deputy Speaker, let me start with a defin ition. Kabuki is a form classical theatre in Japan known for its elaborate costumes and dynamic acting but often it is sometimes used in political discourse to describe an event characterised by …
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House of Assembly
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There is a family that lives midway up the way. I think you may know them, ma ybe not. The Burgesses. There is almost . . . they have this church called Burgess AME . . . sorry, Bethel AME Church. Well, anyway, the patriarch of that fam ily is named Mr. Norris Burgess. And yesterday I saw his son, …
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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He had a saying. Norris Jr., said that Norris Sr. said he used to sit his children on his knees and tell them, We are building this house. Don’t worry about how long it takes because each course that we build is one course closer to the top. Let me repeat that. One course closer to the top. Mr. Deputy …
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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All right. I am just going to play a recording. Is that okay with you?
18 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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301 words
[Playing an audio recor ding] “And so I will end just by saying this. The same way that the BUT and our teachers have our full support, the current Premier has my full support. He has my full support. So don’t allow misrepresentations in a paper that we ought not even read or trust to shape a narrative for you. …
4 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker. An. Hon. Member: Mr. Speaker?
4 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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It is MP — An. Hon. Member: Mr. Speaker?
4 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
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67 words
Mr. Speaker, how are you? I would like to add to the condolences for Ms. Francine Simons. I served with her on the executive in 2012 at a time when a lot of people were (how can I say it?) not as supportive as they should have been. She was one of the few that stood out and stood by …
4 Feb 2022 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
198 words
Oh, yes, she was for Somerset, but she is from St. George’s. But anyway . . . Also, on Anita Masters, a stalwart in constitue ncy 29. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Greg Swan, who was a boss of mine at BELCO, but more than a boss, h e was a mentor to many, where he ensured that young Bermudians got a …