Liberal leader Mark Carney is calling the functions of two party campaign employees, which were reported over the weekends, including the word “Stop the Steel” in a conservative incident, which were “completely unacceptable”.
“This is completely unacceptable to be completely clear,” Carney said. “I was unaware of this behavior, but from my campaign, I apologize for it. I have made it completely clear to my campaign that it behavior, anything, estimates it or in that feeling, is unacceptable and cannot be again.”
Carney said that both employees have been “re -assigned” within the campaign.
The buttons, who appeared using the same language as US President Donald Trump, appeared at the Canada Strong and Free Networking Conference of the last week, as reported by CBC News for the first time.
The “Stop the Steel” word was seen referring to Trump’s rhetoric after his 2020 presidential election loss, while another name Jenny Bayran – National Campaign Director for Orthodox – below and long -term strategist Kori Tenneca crossed the name.
Teneca, who played an important role in Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s re-election campaign, has repeatedly criticized the federal conservatives campaign, stating that he has not focused enough to respond to Trump, who “eradicated the entire issue from the table.”
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In a statement by Global News on Monday, Liberal Party spokesperson Kevin Lamke said the campaigners “regretted,” were regretted. ,
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The party said the buttons were “joking” in previous reports about conservative infection.
The party said that they have worked quickly to review the matter and Carney made it clear that “it does not fit their commitment to serious and positive discourse.”
Simon Jeffrees, a spokesman of Conservatives, said in an email on Sunday that “liberals have been caught red -handed, importing American style politics in Canada. Liberals are ready to deny the election, and even national unity, in a dialect to live in power.”
“Mark Carney needs to address the works of his campaign operators,” he said.
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