联邦总理Happer和两名议员赞助超过限额

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Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit
/ D+ ~$ X; |) q6 zWednesday, December 27, 2006  The Canadian Press
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+ {# c1 n! l4 d; w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。
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.
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' ?+ @" \- T  W/ |7 Q9 N" `  `That means at least three party members — including Prime Minister Stephen Harper — donated more than the legal limit last year.

  a$ \! c: {! F3 @( K& c( b+ I0 NLast 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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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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; x% x* z* w" s1 I) KThe 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.