NEW: Premier Doug Ford weighs in on his decision to allow a free vote on the keffiyeh ban at Queen’s Park, a few days after telling his MPPs to follow his lead. Reiterates he believes the ban is divisive.
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NEW: Doug Ford gave his caucus a free vote on the issue of the keffiyeh ban today, with several MPPs voting to uphold it, contrary to the premier's (continued) public position. #onpoli
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NEW from Touria Izri: The head of Peel Regional Police met with a Sri Lankan inspector general of police who two weeks earlier had been found by the South Asian country’s highest court to have “participated in the torture” of an arrested man.
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New Main Street poll shows the Ontario Liberals leading the Progressive Conservatives fractionally in the Milton byelection. #onpoli

Ontario NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa says Ontario can't 'continue to play games with the federal government' over affordable housing.

Housing Minister Paul Calandra recently told us “more has to happen in northern Ontario over the next number of months.” #onpoli
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BREAKING : PC MPPs decide to walk out of the legislature after a number of protesters interrupt the proceedings.

Premier Doug Ford is not here.

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BREAKING: Premier Doug Ford is giving PC MPPs a free vote on the keffiyeh ban issue.

MPP Robin Martin has already signalled that she's going to vote against an attempt to reverse the ban at Queen's Park.

#ONpoli

NEW: Advocates are calling for a change of strategy after internal docs show the Ford gov't community housing spend has dropped significantly. The government says federal dollars are helping make up the difference but not everyone's convinced. #Onpoli
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Progressive Conservative MPP Robin Martin has issued a statement explaining why she voted against lifting the keffiyeh ban and why she plans “to continue to do so if the motion is brought forward again.”

NDP bringing another motion today #Onpoli

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NEW: Tomorrow, the Ontario NDP will put forward another consent motion to remove a ban on keffiyehs in the legislature. Last week, PC MPP Robin Martin denied the request. She told me today she hasn't spoken to the premier about it nor has he asked. #onpoli
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NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford this morning told a First Nations conference that there will be an announcement this week about a new deal that he said will be double the size of a Volkswagen deal announced last year. #onpoli
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#BREAKING Umar Zameer is found not guilty

NEW: After the revelations of the Greenbelt scandal, Doug Ford’s government has created an internal database for certain high-ranking political staff to track requests made by lobbyists, government sources told @thetrilliumca.
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But only if it doesn't disturb people living near the Gardiner who are trying to sleep.

UPDATE: Yesterday, Chow's spokesperson refused to say if she was in favour of 24/7 construction. Today, she told Matthew Bingley she was 'willing to examine' the idea and thanked Prabmeet Sarkaria for suggesting it. #onpoli #TOpoli
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NEW: The Ford government’s transportation minister wants to see 24/7 construction to speed up work on the Gardiner. At Toronto city hall, however, there doesn’t seem to be much appetite to change the work plan. #Topoli #Onpoli

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NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford is facing dissent within his party over a ban on the keffiyeh at Queen's Park introduced by Speaker Ted Arnott. Ford said the ban should be reversed but not everyone in his party agrees. #onpoli
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NEW: TDSB has been pleading with Queen's Park for more money for quite some time. Its latest request has again been knocked back as trustees grapple with how to get out of a sizeable financial hole. #onpoli #oned
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