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Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit
+ A$ D/ h# K d. ~( D& c. vWednesday, December 27, 2006 The Canadian Press3 C! U' h6 I+ e$ U5 l
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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。6 V& f) C3 |7 ~: H
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。1 z4 `# a2 k& R3 {) p. j% L+ H: h
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9 R' `1 Z: L& Q& O+ N8 H1 U6 P[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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That means at least three party members — including Prime Minister Stephen Harper — donated more than the legal limit last year.
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# L! k0 `9 Q F' u6 w6 g, @Last 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.2 ^2 X% h! y& E/ o/ T( ]) p
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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 z# n e" d( A8 p! f, UThe 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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