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Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit
6 i( `) Y; G) AWednesday, 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。
, I% e/ X& v4 a: m+ O( q' @: X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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% P* ]5 j9 f5 o2 E7 @* v7 [; f[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.4 M! p& s! M+ K( k! ^- V* g
1 Y4 [- m0 ~; R% gThat means at least three party members — including Prime Minister Stephen Harper — donated more than the legal limit last year.. D% t" O* m3 t
- V$ D# q, f m! cLast 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.: n7 }' m% T4 V" A+ T5 C% u% ?
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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."5 H/ A7 T( |/ p8 ^6 i
0 G: {# D/ l# |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.; G) j; T/ C& }2 k
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