In an emotionally charged speech, member of the House of Assembly (MHA) Lisa Dempster challenged an opposition member Thursday on a remark she says belittles women. (CBC)After being called "a schoolgirl" in the House of Assembly, a Liberal cabinet minister is confronting the opposition member who made the remark, calling it "intimidating, sexist, misogynistic," and with no place in the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature. The next day Dempster said, in no uncertain terms, that was unacceptable. Tory MHA Barry Petten apologized for remarks he made in the N.L. (CBC)Dempster moved that the House of Assembly consider it a violation of her privilege as an MHA.

Source: CBC News October 09, 2020 10:12 UTC