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Ontario New Democrat Jagmeet Singh’s staff mistakenly used constituency office resources to promote a rally with federal party leader Thomas Mulcair, the provincial integrity commissioner has ruled.

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Singh faces no penalties for the oversight, as Commissioner Lynn Morrison wrote in a report released Friday.

“I did not recommend that a penalty be imposed as I was of the view that the issues arose as a result of errors, poor oversight, and lack of training,” Morrison wrote.

She added the case serves as another cautionary tale for MPPs about how their online presence, even when monitored by staff, can land them in hot water.

And that’s precisely what happened to Singh after he agreed to help his federal cousins with a March 15 rally in Toronto. Singh’s party account sent out an email inviting supporters to meet outside his constituency office for buses to pick them up. It also included his partisan, party email and the phone number to his constituency office.