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"Indeed, the idea that the floor of a legislative assembly is somehow not the place for politics is simply incomprehensible." 🔥

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Many thanks for the info on the limits of the HRT hmmmm, that sounds too much like hormone replacement therapy...the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.

I'd scoured their website and others' definitions and couldn't find the answer that you have produced. And the pertaining case law!

[Whether exercise of privileges by members of a legislative assembly subject to Charter review -- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 32(1)(b).]

I still question whether provincial jurisdiction my pertain via the HRT over the Legislature, and if found to permit the wearing of a Keffiyeh, Headscarf, or whatever, it could/would have recourse to be tested federally?

In the event, I think the Speaker's ruling will be overturned by a majority vote motion, but the vexing question is still open to debate . Before I type any more, best I thoroughly digest the ruling, which will take some time.

I'm seeing snippets as such:

[This preamble constitutionally guarantees the continuance of Parliamentary governance and, given Canadian federalism, this guarantee extends to the provincial legislatures in the same manner as to the federal Parliament. ]

Which *could* be interpreted that the same customs of Parliament also apply provincially.

Keffiyehs are not banned in Parliament.

This is fascinating....back later.

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It's dangerous to cherry-pick a sentence out of greater context, albeit an impression is forming as I skim through the case that it isn't fully analogous to as to 'dress conduct', is about, for want of a better term, 'intrusion' into the House/Legislature.

That being said, and fully admitting I've yet to delve in depth:

[While the legislatures of this country possess such constitutional privileges as are necessary for their operation, courts may, when properly called upon, enquire as to whether a particular exercise of parliamentary privilege falls within the privileged jurisdiction of the legislature. ]

The plot thickens...

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Nah, unlike anonymous Internet trolls, I actually have a sizable audience.

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