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Expand burka ban, says Muslim group

posted Feb 10, 2012, 2:22 PM by Milorad Borota   [ updated Feb 10, 2012, 2:23 PM ]
By Chris Doucette ,Toronto Sun
First posted: Sunday, January 22, 2012 09:02 PM EST | Updated: Monday, January 23, 2012 12:19 PM EST

TORONTO - A Muslim group is urging Canada’s immigration minister to extend his recent burka ban beyond the citizenship courts.
The Muslim Canadian Congress honoured Jason Kenney at a hotel in Toronto’s west end Sunday for his decision to ban burkas during swearing-in ceremonies.
But then the group asked the minister to go a step further and introduce legislation requiring any face coverings be removed to work in the public sector or do business with government officials.

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