RCMP admits it overstepped bounds at Tory events

The Globe and Mail:

The RCMP is taking responsibility for ousting people from recent Conservative campaign events in southwestern Ontario, acknowledging it broke the rules in doing so and saying it has reminded Mounties to stick to their jobs.

Stephen Harper’s campaign has come under criticism this week because a number of people were ejected from his rallies in London and Guelph.

The focus of attention has been on the role that Tory partisans may have played in these expulsions – but now Mounties have thrust themselves into the story, saying it is not their role to act as bouncers.

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