{"id":650049,"date":"2026-05-05T20:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/650049\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T20:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:33:09","slug":"bunch-of-fools-point-of-order-raised-in-house-of-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/650049\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bunch of Fools,\u2019 Point of Order Raised in House of Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jamie-and-lloyd.jpg\" class=\"header-image\" alt=\"'Bunch of Fools,' Point of Order Raised in House of Assembly\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jamie Korab and Minister Lloyd Parrott<\/p>\n<p>The Opposition member for Waterford Valley rose on a Point of Order in the House of Assembly today, seeking an apology from the Government House Leader for referring to the Opposition as a \u201cbunch of fools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lloyd Parrott says he stands by his statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I ask the minister to apologize and retract that statement\u201d said Jamie Korab.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWebster\u2019s Dictionary defines the word \u2018fools\u2019 as \u2018people who lack good sense, judgement or wisdom, often behaving in a silly or unwise manner.\u2019 I stand by my words\u201d Parrott responded.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker Paul Lane will rule on the Point of Order once he goes over Hansard and video from the House.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Jamie Korab and Minister Lloyd Parrott The Opposition member for Waterford Valley rose on a Point of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-650049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}