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Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit
# ]& v2 F5 B% m; O6 MWednesday, December 27, 2006 The Canadian Press
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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。# U8 P9 h" p2 t* ~- I% H! f
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。0 P% q7 M- K, T1 C, K/ E" H
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( u9 `9 J; W- g/ L& F% q4 e[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. w" M' X7 l" P& {3 H2 }1 t: j+ 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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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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' n) ]8 o( g! w. |% p4 v7 E* i, }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 $1.45 million in "other expenses."
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$ }% l& T- m6 r% ]$ HThe 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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