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" Y% @$ h) r9 O& p& j经过了几个月强烈的否认后,联邦保守党已经悄悄的承认了它有成千上万的赞助没有向公众报道。
% b! T! r0 i9 o6 i3 @: z/ i) k这意味着至少三名保守党成员—包括联邦总理Stephen Harper – 去年的赞助捐款超过法律的限额。" q F0 [7 i( x" f! g+ f6 Z
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& a% v1 y5 f+ a9 d+ E+ g' ~[CBC News] After months of heated denials, the federal Conservative party has quietly admitted it failed to publicly disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of donations.
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1 e1 K4 A! h* ^* F) L4 XThat means at least three party members — including Prime Minister Stephen Harper — donated more than the legal limit last year.
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" I8 B6 B. y: K" OLast Thursday, the party filed a revised financial report for 2005 with Elections Canada, acknowledging that it did not report delegate fees collected for its national convention that year as donations, contrary to political financing laws.: ^( Z# F+ X! g, m( T9 o6 }. {
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In the revised report, the Conservatives have "reclassified revenue related to the 2005 convention," disclosing an additional $539,915 in previously unreported donations, an extra $913,710 in "other revenue," and an additional $1.45 million in "other expenses."
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4 v4 B( F) u1 W$ PThe report does not explain what constitutes "other revenue" or "other expenses." Moreover, the party reports almost $700,000 in previously undisclosed transfers from riding associations, presumably accounting for ridings that helped subsidize the cost of attending the Montreal policy convention for their delegates.
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