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Robert Benzie

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Queen's Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star

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NEW: The ban on Palestinian kaffiyehs in the Ontario legislature will continue after a unanimous consent motion to overturn the prohibition failed to pass.
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BREAKING: Kaffiyeh ban in Ontario legislature upheld after several MPPs said No to unanimous consent.

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Premier Doug Ford says he 'hopefully' Speaker Ted Arnott will change his mind on the kaffiyeh ban in the legislature. Notes he has friends in the Jewish and Muslim community - including his son-in-law Mohammed -- but 'everyone needs to get along.'
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NEW: ⁦Ontario NDP⁩ Leader ⁦Marit Stiles⁩ will seek unanimous consent from the legislature at 10:30 am to allow kaffiyehs to be worn in the chamber. ⁦Ontario PC Party⁩ and ⁦Ontario Liberal Party | Parti Libéral de l'Ontario⁩ have asked the Speaker to lift ban.


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This is the fourth most-read story in the ⁦⁦Toronto Star⁩ today. Premier Doug Ford’s call to lift the Speaker’s kaffiyeh prohibition at Queen’s Park came 90 minutes after the Star reported the ban last night.


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BREAKING: Premier Doug Ford: “The decision to ban the kaffiyeh was made by the speaker and the speaker alone. I do not support his decision as it needlessly divides the people of our province. I call on the speaker to reverse his decision immediately.”

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NEW: Speaker Ted Arnott has prohibited Palestinian kaffiyehs from being worn by anyone -- MPPs or guests -- in the Ontario legislature over concerns the scarves make 'an overt political statement.' The NDP has asked him to reconsider.
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NEW: MPP Kaleed Rasheed returns to Queen’s Park vowing to clear his name after losing the ⁦Ontario PC Party⁩ whip over the Greenbelt scandal.


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Despite the ⁦Ontario PC Party⁩’s question period obsession with the carbon tax, they neglect to acknowledge Premier Doug Ford’s own provincial industrial carbon tax that jumps from $65 a tonne to $80 a tonne on Jan. 1.


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Still a curious question period strategy from the Ontario PC Party two days after a significant victory on Hwy. 413. They again have used all their friendly questions so far to bemoan the federal carbon tax instead of touting the 413 that used to be a priority.

Still a curious question period strategy from the @OntarioPCParty two days after a significant victory on Hwy. 413. They again have used all their friendly questions so far to bemoan the federal carbon tax instead of touting the 413 that used to be a priority. #onpoli
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The Ontario PC Party government’s latest policy backtrack — reversing unpopular UPX changes — is the fourth most-read Toronto Star story today. Set a record for a flip-flop — only 34 hours from announcement to U-turn.



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Premier Doug Ford’s Ontario PC Party government makes another policy U-turn one day after UPX’s plan to run express trains from Union to Pearson and skip Bloor and Weston stations.

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BREAKING: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland takes aim at the top 0.13% of earners with higher taxes on capital gains in $480.5B budget. Tonda MacCharles and Alex Ballingall 🫨 have the details.


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