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Wednesday, December 27, 2006 The Canadian Press( l L7 [& Q4 M. e0 E* \
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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。, L8 K8 Y! T0 g+ v
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./ t0 e- O+ P' w7 z) t
# l# E0 p" I+ A& q7 D& X! w5 _" eThat means at least three party members — including Prime Minister Stephen Harper — donated more than the legal limit last year.! \4 a! e) I4 E, z2 e( x
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Last 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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9 O4 ^# F9 h3 d, G) ?/ |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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. R& f: {* ^, Y4 {: |% RThe 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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