RE: GlobalNews.ca: Ontario NDP sets ultimatum for legislature keffiyeh ban, threatening to defy rules
The keffiyeh holds strong political and religious connotations affected by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and wearing the scarf in the Legislative Assembly would be considered a political statement. Overt political statements in the Legislative Assembly should be banned, this includes the keffiyeh. All political and religious symbols should not be present in the legislature. This is to preserve the separation of state and religions, religious neutrality of the state, equality of all citizens.
The NDP should continue doing their important work for Canadians instead of wasting time on this silly thing. Ban of political and religious statements in the legislature is a Canadian tradition and people should respect that.