Media Advisory: OFL to hold emergency protest at Doug Ford’s office to oppose keffiyeh ban
TORONTO, April 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) will hold an emergency rally on Friday, April 26 at 5:30 p.m. at Doug Ford’s Constituency Office in Etobicoke, in protest of the ongoing keffiyeh ban at Queen’s Park and to urge Ford and Conservative MPPs to take action to reverse it.
- TORONTO, April 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) will hold an emergency rally on Friday, April 26 at 5:30 p.m. at Doug Ford’s Constituency Office in Etobicoke, in protest of the ongoing keffiyeh ban at Queen’s Park and to urge Ford and Conservative MPPs to take action to reverse it.
- “To target a cultural community like this, in 2024, is simply unconscionable,” said OFL President Laura Walton.
- The rally will be hosted by Ahmad Gaied, OFL Secretary-Treasurer.
- “It’s a disgrace that Arab-Canadian community members were denied entry into legislative buildings this week–simply because they were expressing their identity as Palestinians,” said Gaied.