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Kenney staffer resigns

A member of Immigration Minister Jason Kenney’s staff resigned hours after his boss was accused on Thursday of breaking parliamentary rules by using his MP letterhead to raise funds for a Conservative party campaign.

OTTAWA — A member of Immigration Minister Jason Kenney’s staff resigned hours after his boss was accused on Thursday of breaking parliamentary rules by using his MP letterhead to raise funds for a Conservative party campaign.

The employee responsible resigned and the minister accepted it, Kenney’s spokesman Alykhan Velshi said in an email.

Kenney has taken responsibility and has apologized for his former employee’s actions, he said.

Using parliamentary or government resources for partisan activities is completely unacceptable, Velshi added.

The NDP said Kenney’s office mistakenly sent a letter to New Democrat MP Linda Duncan asking for money for a “Conservative Ethnic Paid Media Strategy.”