Queen's Park keffiyeh ban: protesters banned from legislature
CP24 -

Four protesters who unfurled keffiyehs inside Ontario's legislature and were subsequently kicked out have been banned from Queen's Park. Mariam Bebawy said she and three friends from York Centre 4 Palestine were given trespass notices last week from the Legislative Assembly of Ontario's sergeant-at-arms after they held out their keffiyehs and began chanting "free free Palestine" during question period. Bebawy's notice said she is prohibited from entering the premises of the main...

In related news

  • Ontario legislature keffiyeh ban loosened, but not overturned

    Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. The Speaker of Ontario’s legislature says politicians, staff and visitors will be allowed to enter the building while wearing a keffiyeh, but he is upholding his ban on the scarf inside the legislative chamber. Sarah Jama, who sits as an independent after being booted from the NDP caucus last year, put on a keffiyeh as […]

  • Ontario MPP asked again to leave Ontario legislature over keffiyeh, Speaker loosens ban

    An Ontario MPP was asked again to leave the Ontario legislature on Monday for wearing a keffiyeh, a garment that was banned by the Speaker last month due to its political symbolism. Sarah Jama was “named” by House Speaker Ted Arnott for donning the black-and-white checkered scarf, which has become synonymous with Palestinian solidarity, meaning she cannot vote on matters before the house for the remainder of the day. Jama left the legislative chamber, as did NDP MPPs Joel Harden and...

  • MRC’s Bozell Joins FBN’s Varney in Slamming Media’s Campus Protest and Trump Coverage

    On Thursday, MRC President Brent Bozell appeared on the Fox Business’s Varney & Company to break down how the leftist media are failing to properly cover the student protests. Bozell and Varney also had a good laugh over the Trump trials backfiring on the left and MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace’s “end of democracy” fear-mongering. The segment began with Bozell admonishing network and cable coverage (with the exception of Fox News) for ignoring three key elements of the protests. First up,...