Under pressure, Ontario House Speaker Ted Arnott has just revised his keffiyeh ban at the Ontario Legislature in Queen’s Park, saying that “they can now be worn inside the precinct, but remain forbidden in the legislative chamber.” But as expected, that wasn’t enough for Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Sarah Jama: “NDP MPPs walk out of Ontario […]
Canada: Ontario legislature bans wearing keffiyehs, Conservative premier calls for reversal
Speaker Ted Arnott of Ontario’s legislature “is standing by a ruling that bans people in the building from wearing keffiyehs, which he says are being worn to make a political statement, even after the premier and all opposition parties asked him to reverse it.” Arnott is absolutely correct and is acting judiciously in his position […]