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Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit
0 Q/ q& A, ~7 P1 @- zWednesday, December 27, 2006 The Canadian Press
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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。
. R% ~* C5 F" E# W( a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。" A* n5 h: j: O( b; V) R1 F
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* H; |& H. q$ j Z; @/ ~[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.) `6 @: f$ X ]: j; U: T
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That means at least three party members — including Prime Minister Stephen Harper — donated more than the legal limit last year.0 A$ G [4 H1 O# L% V! g
- G: p1 o* K% M% Y8 Z2 K% RLast 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.& h( H1 p3 Q0 _& v3 z
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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."; `" l2 U6 E2 U' X
) F5 |9 I1 Z5 N& [5 OThe 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.( S: V, J6 \! e
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