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Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit
e% T* J3 r- j, s, zWednesday, December 27, 2006 The Canadian Press! ?2 Z7 f* W7 v9 r" v2 t# Y$ A
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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。2 C S9 k2 O* R3 B4 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。3 v/ u4 I7 e! @! n
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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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7 ?& T9 |9 ~9 ?. b7 Z1 CThat 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.8 |, m8 X! Y8 S& ]- C% R$ U Y6 S
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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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/ n8 B& k. I: V! T" \8 z) V* bThe 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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