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Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit) S% n% E0 D: m! T4 ?3 T' k2 H
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 The Canadian Press
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- k p+ D$ M2 I- Z1 x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。
* S4 j8 a9 C9 J& ~# ?* {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。4 J) V3 N! D3 t7 @+ o
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+ n A; g' J7 L X; j5 X7 T: L% h8 {[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 x! \- a3 z! w0 c9 `7 Y, C
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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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: t0 |* I1 B( B; ~! B7 sLast 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.; X( x- J# G$ X4 [$ I
$ f) ~) u: C% Z* c, ] [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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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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