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Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit: B9 C4 W# H% T6 T& I5 f2 V! ?
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 The Canadian Press. m, D1 R1 ]/ N8 I/ F 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。
* [: }8 o! |( K& H1 K: f2 |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。( n ~8 f. J0 d7 j
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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.
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* R& l9 C# f2 d7 F/ PThat means at least three party members — including Prime Minister Stephen Harper — donated more than the legal limit last year.
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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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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."" `! D- T0 K' S+ y
" M3 E3 [- i- ^- x2 B5 RThe report does not explain what constitutes "other revenue" or "other expenses." Moreover, the party reports almost $700,000 in previously undisclosed transfers from riding associations, presumably accounting for ridings that helped subsidize the cost of attending the Montreal policy convention for their delegates.% K) f4 [3 q$ y9 U4 G
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