Bramalea-Gore-Malton MPP Jagmeet Singh is asking the Ontario government to exempt Sikhs from the province’s motorcycle helmet law.

Last month, the New Democrat Party’s deputy leader, who is Sikh, introduced a bill asking the legislature to amend the Highway Traffic Act to exempt turban-wearing Sikh motorcyclists from having to wear a helmet.

The bill received first reading May 9.

“This is a matter of freedom of expression,” Singh said in introducing the proposed legislation amendment.