Speeches by Christopher Famous, JP, MP

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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I am speaking from the western side of my house.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I find it humorous that the previous speak er got up and talked about, This is not real sacrifice; this is not real sacr ifice, when I remember correctly, that Honourable Member was taking the pay of a full -time Minister while they kept a full -time job. Hon. Patricia J. Gordon -Pamplin: Point of order, Mr. Speaker. …

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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I never called one name. But somebody was taking part -time Minister pay and getting full -time pay at their job. But let’s move on, Mr. Speaker. Hon. L. Craig Cannonier: Point of order, Mr. Speaker.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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No. No I don’t, because I did not call any names.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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I did not call any names.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, moving on.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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I am going to move on, Mr. Speaker. I think the poi nt has been taken— [Crosstalk]

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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I think the point has been given. Mr. Speaker, I am a union member. I have been a worker at BELCO for 30 years. At times when the economy is not doing well, under the PLP and u nder the UBP and under the OBA, management has come to the workers and said, Look, things ain’t going well. We need …

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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This came out in the 2Cayman Compass a week ago. “ Premier Alden McLaughlin has said Cayman is not considering following the moves of Bermudian legislators who are set to take a 12.5% salary cut . . . to help address the economic fallout of the COVID -19 pandemic. “Bermuda is the first ” (I am going to repeat) “Bermuda …

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Okay. Thank you, very much.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Okay. Thank you, very much, Mr. Speaker. They are getting paid. Their MPs are getting paid $150,000, Cayman dollars, per y ear. So, I am saying all this to say, right, that there are 36 MPs, yourself included, there are 11 Senators—47 parliamentarians. All of us agreed to a cut. I do not understand why, all of a sudden, is …

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Point of order.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, aga in, I am going to quote the Cayman Compass of May 25th. “Bermuda is the first British” (I am going to say that again) “Bermuda is the first British Overseas Territory to look at taking pay cuts due to the economic har dship caused by the coronavirus . . . .” I never said we Bermuda House …

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Although I do take the Honourable Member’s point, but I just wanted to bring some clarity.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker, I am not sure what order my name is on the order list, but I want to make sure that the gavel did not sound— The S peaker: Well, I understand that the Deputy Speaker is on top of your list this evening, so I am going to call on the Deputy Speaker to make his r …

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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That’s quite fine. I will move down the batting order.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker.

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker. I am sitting on the west side of my house which is in Devonshire East. Anyway — [Crosstalk; Feedback]

5 Jun 2020 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, good afternoon. I listened to the previous Members’ impassioned speeches, and forgive me if some things sound like they are echoing what they said, but I guess we are on the same tip today. Let me address something: Black Lives Matter. I want to start off about two men who get, I don’t want to say murdered, but …