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Lauren Bell

Lauren Bell

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18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Madam Deputy Speaker. I ask that congratulations be sent out to Ber-muda’s Senior Women’s National Team who, earlier today, retained their title in winning the gold medal at the Island Games. [Desk thumping]
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Oh, all right. Okay. So, I will associate myself with that, thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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No, no. But I want to say that it was a closely fought game that finished 1- 1 after the actual time period. And it went to penalty kicks, which Bermuda won, 4- 2. So, congratulations to our ladies. Lady Gombey Warriors. Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker.
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I did not know I could screech. But anyway, today , Madam Deputy Speaker , I have heard a few people stand up and talk about reflection. I would like to reflect as well. But my reflection will be on the widening gap between the story that this Government tells and the reality that Bermudians …
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Dark clouds , sometimes. I guess we were responsible for the rain today as well. [Inaudible interjections]
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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But, as they say, as the saying goes , the chickens come home to roost . And Madam Deputy Speaker — [Laughter and inaudible interjections ]
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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— let us now turn to some facts. Not the Government’s version, but the live d truths of Bermudians as captured in the aforementioned report Factors Driving Emigration in Bermuda . In-depth interviews with 20 Bermudians. Surveys —and that is 20 Bermudians who have emigrated. We have a survey of 105 Bermudians who have emigrated. And a survey of 416 …
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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The report is Factors Driving Emigration in Bermuda— it was tabled.
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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So, of the 20 Bermudians who have emigrated, who were interviewed in- depth, 13 had left within the past five years. We know who the Gov-ernment was then. Four had emigrated between 5 and 10 years. And three had emigrated more than 10 years ago. So, we are not saying all of this has happened in the last eight years.
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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But, we do have a Government that has been . . . or a party who were the Government for 22 or have been the Government for 22 of the last 25 years. [Inaudible interjection]
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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The reasons that they have provided for emigrating [are] the high cost of living, lack of affordability, ability to live beyond retirement. We have heard a lot of talk today, Madam [Deputy Speaker], about how well this Government has looked after our seniors. But yet, the reasons, one of the reasons for emigrating is the inability to live beyond retirement. …
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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This is your report. And it is statistically sound. So, you cannot dismiss this. [Inaudible interjection]
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Improve management of Bermuda and the economy. Lower cost of housing and util-ities. Lower cost for health care and health insurance. More affordable retirement opportunities. The responses by the 416 Bermudians who are still here are not different. Of those 416, 53 per cent may consider emigrating from Bermuda at some point in time in the future; 7 per cent …
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Madam Deputy Speaker, I never said it was the Government's fault.
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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I never said it was the Government's fault.
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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I am not saying that it is not either. [Laughter]
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Madam Deputy Speaker, all of these things that I have mentioned . . . this is the real Bermuda. Not the one in glossy press releases. Not the one in budget statements. But the one that Bermudians are leaving. [Inaudible interjection]
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Bermudians are leaving. Madam Deputy Speaker, the Government speaks of entrepreneurship, yet we have a shrinking and ageing population. Who will buy the goods? Who will build the businesses? Who will stay to invest in this country when the very people who love it — Hon. E. David Burt: Point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Who will invest in this country when the very people who love it the most are being pushed out?
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Madam Deputy Speaker, the Government claims they are protecting Bermudian jobs, but the reality reflects a different story. Hon. E. David Burt: What reality?