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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

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11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a comment.
11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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I just want to, again, thank the Ministry for their work. Often people who work at Ministries get overlooked, so, again, I want to thank those, especially PS Rozy Azhar and the two ladies up front —Miss Robinson and Miss Danielle— and all other s who have helped to craft this Bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker.
11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker.
11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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Can you hear me, Mr. Speaker?
11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, let me reiterate some things that I heard earlier today during this debate: This legislation is harmful to business. This legislation is going to cause confusion. This legislation is coming at not the best time. This legislation is not executed well. All from the Honourable Member from constituency 23, one of the newest Members of this House but …
11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, as the Honourable Member from constituency 33 said, we have heard this same philosophy for years. We have heard it for centuries. The Honourable Member from consti tuency 10 said that this is going to cost money or tie up administration to report bullying, to report sexual harassment. So what is the option? Not report it? B ecause …
11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I am really not surprised by what I have heard from those Ho nourable Members on the other side because this is the same party that during their brief tenure had various run-ins with the unions (plural) of Bermuda. Some of the M embers of that same party come from another party that has a long history of …
11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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I wonder which part of that was employment law. Mr. Speaker, it is clear that the workers of Bermuda have only one party to trust.
11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, it is not in the Employment Act; hence, we are bringing it now. Mr. Speaker —
11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I am going to go further. You and I and others have been to islands which have no unions. None. Zero. It is not a pretty site. Workers can get instantly dismissed for no reason. They have no job security. They get bullied. They suffer with low wages, some as low as US$6.00 per hour. And for the …
11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, point of order.
11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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My point of order, point of clarity if the Member even wants to state that , is—
11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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Let no one divide the u nions and the PLP. We will go behind closed doors and sort our business out. It is not your business; it is our business .
11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker.
11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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Can I just address som ething real quick?
11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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I have worked in a union shop all my life, all my adult life. And there are people who say, Oh, I don’t want to be part of the union! And they say they will put their money in charity. Okay. Pick a charity —SPCA (cats), whatever, right? But then when it comes to negotiating for higher raises or better …
11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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I will yield to MP Pearman,
11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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No, you go f irst.
11 Dec 2020 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker.