Liberal staffers responsible for planting phoney buttons have been reassigned, Carney says [Video]

Liberal Leader Mark Carney said Monday it was “totally unacceptable” for some members of the party’s war room to plant phoney campaign buttons at a conservative gathering in Ottawa last week, and those campaign staffers have been “reassigned” as a result.

“I was unaware of this behaviour but on behalf of my campaign I apologize for it unreservedly,” Carney told reporters during a defence announcement in Montreal.

“I made it absolutely clear to my campaign that this behaviour or anything approximating it, or in that spirit, is unacceptable and cannot happen,” he said.

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