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Zunera Ishaq and Jason Kenney

Jason Kenney: In a tweet, Kenney now employment and social development minister says he believes people taking the oath should do so publicly, with their faces uncovered. , according to Hamilton Spectator. In a Federal Court hearing Thursday in Toronto, Zunera Ishaq lawyer accused Kenney of imposing his own ideology on citizenship ceremonies when he imposed the ban unilaterally in late 2011. Jason Kenney is publicly defending his directives while immigration minister to forbid women from wearing niqabs while taking the oath of citizenship. A Mississauga woman is suing the federal government, arguing the ban violates her Charter rights by failing to accommodate her religious beliefs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.