Campaign: Do you think it's fair to screen attendees at political rallies?

Conservative Leader Stephen Harper takes part in a campaign rally in London, Ont. on Sunday. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

By CBC News

Updated: Wed., April 6 at 3:52 p.m. ET

The RCMP has admitted it helped remove unregistered attendees from Conservative events in southwestern Ontario this week, but says it's not the force's job to help political party organizers limit access to political events.

In a statement Wednesday, the RCMP said it is responsible only for the protection of the party leaders, and that officers have now been reminded of their duties.

The statement came Conservative Leader Stephen Harper continued to be dogged by questions Wednesday surrounding stories the party ousted a student from a Conservative event on Sunday evening because a Facebook photo showed her posing with Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff.

Originally posted: Tues., April 5 at 2:58 p.m. ET:

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is accusing Conservative Leader Stephen Harper of performing more rigorous background checks on people showing up at his campaign events than advisers he hires in the Prime Minister's Office.

Ignatieff's verbal jab at Harper comes after reports the Conservatives threw two university students out of a rally in London, Ont., on the weekend.

Students at the University of Guelph also claim they were unfairly targeted and excluded from a Conservative rally in Guelph, Ont. on Sunday evening.

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See some of the reaction online here.

Do you think it's fair to screen attendees at political rallies? Have you ever been excluded from a political rally because of your allegiance to another party? Let us know in the comments below.