Vote fails to lift Palestinian keffiyeh ban in the provincial legislature

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Vote fails to lift Palestinian keffiyeh ban in the provincial legislature

A motion to overturn a ban on a pro-Palestinian symbol in Ontario’s legislature has failed. A unanimous consent motion to reverse Ontario legislature speaker Ted Arnott’s ruling to ban the Palestinian keffiyeh head scarf from being worn by everyone in the provincial legislature was blocked after a small number of MPPs, including Progressive Conservative legislator Robin Martin, opposed it. The motion was introduced by NDP leader Marit Styles W…