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Robert Benzie

@robertbenzie

Queen's Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star

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‘I have learned from this experience’: Ex-mayor John Tory reflects on comments slamming Umar Zameer bail decision

Premier Doug Ford's office did not return a request for comment about his own comments back in 2021.

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The ⁦Toronto Star⁩’s ⁦Alyshah Sanmati Hasham⁩ and ⁦Ben Spurr⁩ on a classic Toronto council moment: legal drinking in at least one park per ward is coming this summer. Not all 127 parks, however. (Homeless encampments continue unabated.)


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From the front page of the ⁦Toronto Star⁩, ⁦betsy powell⁩ on what the jury didn’t hear in the Umar Zameer trial.


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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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