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Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit G g- ]8 Y7 A1 M7 U( R8 t
Wednesday, 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。. b% i& {9 ^) X
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。0 K6 j5 i( W/ z
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[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.! y* w' G) w# d0 J& f A
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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 N0 s5 C$ I4 v' @
! n% h, T" U- T! l) mLast 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.
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: {! D) Q" m. g4 aIn 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 $1.45 million in "other expenses."
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: S) B A T3 g$ SThe report does not explain what constitutes "other revenue" or "other expenses." Moreover, the party reports almost $700,000 in previously undisclosed transfers from riding associations, presumably accounting for ridings that helped subsidize the cost of attending the Montreal policy convention for their delegates., u( {! Q- E$ ?4 K% u
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