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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

2498
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266,425
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28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
35 words
It is clarity for the people of Bermuda. The BELCO job—specialists had to come in. There were certain jobs that Bermudians are not able— you build a power station once every hundred years. [Inaudible interjections]
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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1,169 words
All right? Right. [Inaudible interjections] Bermuda House of Assembly Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: Now, Mr. Speaker, so the fact of the matter is that a hole can easily be shot into numbers, especially if they are not airtight. Now, let me get to the budget and the ec onomic debate. I consider this to be a benign budget in regard …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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21 words
Good morni ng, Mr. Speaker. I know you missed me last week. So I am going to make up for it.
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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3 words
Good morning, colleagues.
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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14 words
I said good morning, church! Some Hon. Mem bers: Good morning. OBA’S NEGATIVE NARRATIVE
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
426 words
Good morning, Bermuda. Mr. Speaker, I want to wish on this Febr uary 29th happy belated birthday to my big cousin Mr. Neville Tyrrell. And I also want to wish happy birthday to my teac her, Mr. Robert Horton, a Somerset guy. You see, I wish these gentlemen who are three score and something a happy birthday because they helped …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
128 words
Calm down, calm down. We need to be like the Cayman Islands. Anyone hear that narrative. The Royal Gazette did a whole one- week series on the Cayman Islands? All these years they are telling us, Don’t be like the Caribbean; those people are backwards. Those people shouldn’t have anything to do with Bermuda. And now, suddenly you want us …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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14 words
Never said anything about any debate, Mr. Speaker. I said there is a narrative.
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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25 words
Oh, no, no. I am on Gold House. The Speaker: Well, now you have put yourself in trouble. Now you have put yourself in trouble.
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
454 words
So, let’s drill down a little bit in my 13 minutes. Immigration reform: There is a narrative that the PLP brainwashes people to be against immigration reform; the PLP brainwashes people to be against white people; the PLP brai nwashes people to be against IB. Let’s be clear, Mr. Speaker, the PLP was created in 1963. Racism in this country …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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38 words
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. 3216 28 February 2020 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly CARICOM has a thing called freedom of movement. We can apply for that. Do you want that? [Inaudible in terjections]
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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134 words
No, you don’t. So we want to be like Cayman, but we do not want to be that part of Cayman. Right? Let’s be real. You see, what they are not telling you is that those people down there working in Cayman are working for $7.00 an hour. Seven US dollars an hour. So I am asking everyone here do …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
309 words
Oh yes, they are. But no, let’s be like Cayman. You see, we hear these narratives but the people saying these narratives are not telling the full story. Do we want our GDP to go up? Yes. Do we want our economic activity to go up? Yes. Do we want more working people in Bermuda? Yes. Are we going to …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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264 words
They spend it on rent, they spend on mortgage, they spend it on food, they spend it on clothing, they spend it at gas stations, liquor, milk, all of these things. But here is the thing: When these people got to get paid, our people, it is a burden. But when they spend their money nobody says, Oh, no, no, …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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224 words
Look at Ms. Bowers. Look at Mr. Lamb in the corner. Look at the Clerk. Ask yourselves if they deserve the disrespect that people give them? I mean, not them, they are cool, but the other 4,439 people . . . they are the ones who are too much. When you drive to work and the roads are smooth, it …
28 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
170 words
People here are speaking about their profession, I’m a lawyer, I’m an accountant. I am none of that. I am Bermudian. And if I were not in politics looking at the budget, I would say, Well, I wish we didn’t have $2.6 billion in debt. But at least I know the captain of the ship is going to guide us …
14 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
6 words
Just a few. Good afternoon —
14 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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2 words
—Mr. Speaker.
14 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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115 words
Good afternoon, colleagues on both sides and most importantly, good afternoon to the people of Bermuda. Mr. Speaker, I just came from a funeral for one of our finest Devonshire constituents. And I asked my colleagues, Hold the fort for me until I get back. And in the midst of my absence it seems someone tried to malign me. But …
14 Feb 2020 House of Assembly
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30 words
“Long before either was knighted for seagoing exploits in England’s service, George Somers and his friend Amyas Pres ton were professional privateers. ” Anyone know what “privateers” means? [Inaudible interjection]