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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

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16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
238 words
Mr. Speaker, it is ironic, or should I say . . . I do not know what the word is . . . it is ironic. Four years ago exactly that same gentleman who was celebrated yesterday led thousands of Bermudians to march on your . . . well, it was not your House at the time, but on that …
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
9 words
What’s the word? Chir ping. Whatever the reasons —
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
1,097 words
Whatever the reasons, people marched. People marched because they r emembered that immigration was used to propel those who arrived —primarily from the United Kingdom — ahead of those who have lived here for centuries. My father’s generation could not vote until 1968. Yet, people from the United Kingdom were gi ven the right to vote long before them. There …
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
137 words
Yes, their consciences bother them. Mr. Speaker, this Bill that we see here, as spoken by the Minister, is [a] repatriation and mixedstatus Bill. What does repatriation mean? It means that for over the last 10 years, probably a little bit more, we have had Bermudians moving out of this country primarily due to the cost of living and other …
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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11 words
It was a red button and I could not hit it.
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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It is off now.
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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A caring Government. Even if we take licks from our own people, we commi tted to do the right thing. But then here comes a problem. We give them an inch, sometimes they want more than an inch. So, part of the problem four years ago was that people who were PRCs were demanding that they get status. I’ve been …
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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12 words
Point of order, Mr. Speaker. Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: Oh, my dear.
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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1,090 words
Point of order. I did never once bash Cayman Islands. I said some of us have been there, seen the realities and know that it is not for us. Do we want to pay down our debt? Yes. Do we want to be able to give our CS [civil service] raises? 3834 16 March 2020 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House …
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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2 words
No, sir.
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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2 words
Very briefly!
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
36 words
Mr. Speaker, colleagues, first of all, I want to apologise for missing something during the Congratulation and/or Obituary speeches, Mr. Speaker . I want to wish congratulations to Gold House for winning sports again. [Inaudible interjections]
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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3 words
They won. [Laughter]
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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16 words
So, Mr. Speaker, you are wearing gold and the Honourable Pamplin is wearing gold as well.
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
60 words
Mr. Speaker, I am going to do something different tonight. N o, I am not going to sing. Mr. Speaker, two weeks ago we had a crisis called Tony Brannon. And many from both sides of the aisle spoke up against his remarks. In particular, one MP from constituency 8 said something that stood out to me. [Inaudible int erjections]
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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I did warn you. I did warn you. [Inaudible interjections]
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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54 words
MP Cole Simons spoke about the common room, the room on the 4 th floor in which we all sit, we all eat, we all crack jokes, we greet each other and we ask how our families are doing. We sit in that room, Brother Ben, Ms. GordonPamplin, Mr. Moniz, and so many others.
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
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19 words
I am getting to it. I am getting to i t. The Speaker: Okay, I was just getting clarity.
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
154 words
If a stranger walked up in there, they would be like I thought you guys were enemies . And really, we are not. And MP Cole Simons said You know, we need to bring some of that behaviour down here onto the 3 rd floor. I was listening. It really stood out to me. Today, we face another crisis called …
16 Mar 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
8 words
Well, that spirit — [Crosstalk and laughter ]