OTTAWA — Scouts Canada officials say they didn't agree to have some of their young members stand in uniform alongside Conservative Leader Stephen Harper during a campaign stop earlier today.
The Conservatives used children in Scouts uniforms as part of a campaign event in British Columbia where Harper promised to help the province's fisheries.
A spokesman for Scouts Canada says it is against the organization's policy to have anyone in a Scouts uniform involved in political activities.
John Petitti says the organization is trying to ascertain what exactly happened, because the Scouts were not sanctioned to be at the event.
Petitti says the non-partisan policy is regularly reinforced with Scouts leaders across the country.
A spokesman for the Conservative campaign says the party welcomed the participation of anyone who was at the event.
