MFMichael Fahy

1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Michael Fahy

   Homelessness plan has a bold vision, but no delivery plan (opens the original)

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   More than 50 people are sleeping outside in Bermuda tonight. Hundreds more are one crisis away from joining them. Against that backdrop, the Government's “Plan to End Homelessness”, debated in Friday’s House of Assembly, deserved the serious attention it received, not as a press release to be applauded or dismissed, but as a document whose strengths and gaps will determine whether real people get housed or whether we are left, a decade from now, debating the ever-worsening statistics. To its cre

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2. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · Michael Fahy

   Work permit policy is protecting decline, not Bermudian jobs (opens the original)

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   Every government says the same thing about work permits, namely “Bermudians first”. That is the right principle, but principles without competence are just slogans. Right now Bermuda’s work permit policy is failing on three counts. It is too slow, too opaque, and it is not delivering the jobs for Bermudians it promises. The result? Businesses can’t hire, essential services are stretched, and public trust in the system is eroding. We need reform, not just more press releases. Ask any hotel, resta

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