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Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau

Justin Trudeau: Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is taking issue with Stephen Harper rationale for the decision to defend a federal ban on the wearing of face coverings at citizenship ceremonies. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Asked about the ruling last week, the prime minister denounced the court decision, saying most Canadians consider it offensive for someone to conceal their identity at the moment they are becoming a citizen. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau asks a question during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. THE Sean Kilpatrick Earlier this month, a Federal Court judge ruled that a portion of the law requiring would-be citizens to remove their face coverings while taking the oath of citizenship was unlawful. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.