联邦总理Happer和两名议员赞助超过限额

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Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit
2 w! z5 N: a) V8 u# |& lWednesday, December 27, 2006  The Canadian Press

! X# q( x" s( _1 g% C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。
" R8 m+ _7 q% a) V" l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。
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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.

/ i3 `' W) x4 ^- Z! H+ `) T: R) QThat means at least three party members — including Prime Minister Stephen Harper — donated more than the legal limit last year.

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.
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6 I  k0 d8 G1 Y0 L% q7 E! GIn 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."

( Z+ z- s: e; {& m8 e- Z1 J4 B" jThe 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.