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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

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18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Earlier we heard from his compatriot — [Inaudible interjections ]
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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He is misleading because earlier we heard from his compatriot saying that the merger of the companies, that Honourable Member Scott Pearman is a shareholder of, is causing health care prices to go up. But how is it now the Government's fault?
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Madam [Deputy] Speaker —
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Madam Deputy Speaker, point of order. That would be incorrect.
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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That would be incorrect because they are the same ones saying that the popula-tion is at its lowest point. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker. I want to start off by saying condolences to many people around the Island and Poi nciana Road in particular, the passing of Ms. Brenda Elizabeth Lindsay. Her maiden name was Dunkley . (Not Michael Dunkley, Dunkley, but . . .) Nevertheless , Mr. Speaker, she lived in Devonshire most of her life, all of her life …
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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I would like to associate the whole House. Ms. Lindsay was a consummate mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She was well loved, very articulate. She got her hair done twice a month by somebody's mother in here I won’t mention . And everyone . . . it was a beautiful service, although people were sad to see her go, but …
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, good afternoon. Good afternoon, colleagues and the people of Bermuda. Happy Sabbath, when the sun goes down,
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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So, I am going to start my very brief motion to adjourn with something from the Bi-ble. Genesis 6:13 to 22. I won’t read the whole passage but, New [King] James Version: “And God said to Noah, . . . make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. ” …
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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You must go ahead and build the ark. Mr. Speaker, we have heard in various debates in this House that we need to increase the population. And just to be clear, increased population does not mean give out status. So, we accept that we need to increase the population in order to have a healthy tax base and take care …
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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I did say that.
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, every week I am being “teachered.”
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Taught. That’s the word. Taught. Mr. Speaker, let me clarify.
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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We need to increase the working population in order to have a healthy tax base and to be able to afford to pay for the growing, greying population. [Inaudible interjection]
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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I didn’t say the word “status.” Mr. Speaker —
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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We have heard from a Government report that crystallises what we have heard anecdotally. There are Bermudians who are leaving the Island due to the cost of living. Primarily the inability to purchase their own house. The inability, at some point, to even rent houses. We see in the newspaper and online the prices that are being charged just to …
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Astronomical. We have heard from some in the private sector that it is not their responsibility to build affordable hous-ing because by the time they pay this, that and the other, in order for them to make a decent profit they have to sell it for “X.” Or, they have to rent it for “X.” So, these are accepted facts …
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Right. So, what do we have to do, Mr. Speaker? Where does this leave us? If we want our people, Ber-mudians of all stripes to remain in this Island, it is going to fall on the Government’s shoulder to build affordable housing— more affordable housing. The former Minister, Colonel Burch, he did projects such as Loughlands, Butterfield Lane, Anchorage Lane, …
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Noah tried to warn the people; they did not listen. And because they did not listen, when that rain started coming, they started knocking and it was already too late. As leaders in this country, Mr. Speaker, it is all right for the Government to provide “X”, but some people think the Government is supposed to provide X, Y and …
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Right? Another Hon. Member: Mm-hmm.