Liberal Leader Mark Carney made absolutely clear Monday morning: dirty tricks will not be tolerated in his campaign. Sorry, wait, that should be: they will not just be tolerated – they will also be minimized and excused.
The Liberal Party apparatus first signalled as much when, after a CBC News report that Liberal staffers planted phony buttons at a conservative event last week, it released a statement saying its staffers merely “got carried away.” Mr. Carney drove that point home when he announced that the guilty parties would be reassigned within his campaign. This is a slap on the wrist that, in practice, actually feels more like a hot oil massage and cuticle treatment.
