PM should condemn violence, say Liberals, after Grit Nepean-Carleton candidate’s signs defaced with crosshairs

'It's important for Harper to categorically denounce any kind of use of violent symbolism,' says Liberal candidate Mark Holland.

PARLIAMENT HILL – Prime Minister Stephen Harper should have condemned threats of violence when he responded to rifle-sight crosshairs that were crudely painted on more than 100 election campaign signs promoting an Ottawa-area Liberal candidate, says a leading Liberal who was the party&rsquo...

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