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Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit& M6 E- i1 a; X" l+ J# \
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 The Canadian Press/ Z9 a4 W9 z! J* Q
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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。5 {4 P/ k: j. |1 m- D7 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。 E' k# d" B/ t ~8 |- Z
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. ]4 c' g- w( @9 {! n[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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* D4 _# M/ Z( a% |2 ~3 J8 kThat means at least three party members — including Prime Minister Stephen Harper — donated more than the legal limit last year.( {0 m* a1 N* z: x- `
' N1 z! N" L- BLast 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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) f$ d% w- F0 c& J' uIn 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 $700,000 in previously undisclosed transfers from riding associations, presumably accounting for ridings that helped subsidize the cost of attending the Montreal policy convention for their delegates.# M+ V3 Q2 ^+ w: p* m$ h: ]! j. l
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