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Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit
. i) w- R! `( c5 O* F( l0 w8 @( dWednesday, December 27, 2006 The Canadian Press
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C+ A) I! e6 P+ @! v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 f1 U, w, c& P% q2 U9 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。
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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.3 J$ i$ O6 j1 {
1 p, |; A( ]9 g9 p* FThat means at least three party members — including Prime Minister Stephen Harper — donated more than the legal limit last year.
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|& P+ l# E* LLast 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 A% y3 X9 _- [ [+ |3 K8 ?3 ?
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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 $1.45 million in "other expenses."' Y; D& H$ v& F
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The 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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