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Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit/ _* @! r$ y6 j8 y9 i' N! Y, k4 v
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 The Canadian Press
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% [' K1 |& D+ w4 G' @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。
: ^# d8 \; x5 E# t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。% C: D v9 J0 t. J6 W3 B
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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.5 p! e' h; g+ v4 G) i( n( B0 x
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That means at least three party members — including Prime Minister Stephen Harper — donated more than the legal limit last year.
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& c3 q- d3 l6 b$ J4 WLast 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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- `! e2 E' Q; E4 [6 s8 ]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."9 M4 o: J: n0 q1 L) _% Y4 U
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The 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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