Wednesday, April 06, 2011

RCMP tells Harper he's out of line

Having the state police keeping citizens out of political rallies, gee the Conservatives really do pine for an earlier time, do they not?

The RCMP has admitted it helped remove unregistered attendees from Conservative events in southwestern Ontario this week, but says it's not the force's job to help political party organizers limit access to political events.

In a statement Wednesday, the RCMP said it is responsible only for the protection of the party leaders, and that officers have now been reminded of their duties.

"The RCMP assisted the party organizers in restricting access to persons not registered for the private event," Sgt. Greg Cox said in the statement.

"This was not in accordance with the RCMP's mandate, and RCMP members have been reminded of our responsibilities."


King Harper will heed this not.

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