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Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit" q7 l9 y3 X e* g/ ^: E) I
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 The Canadian Press! m8 |; ^( l$ }/ ^6 X
+ b9 ]$ g7 `% l' o6 P" L1 i! D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。
" k' {2 d9 A! [* Y/ Z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。5 D, O4 \( D1 N3 e* [) y( H3 W! A! ~
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3 q1 F4 g( h# v" g2 E4 _[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.6 |8 z0 G1 W. ?! Y+ w0 Q
' a4 ?6 F. O% {2 S3 g9 c4 `! R8 CThat means at least three party members — including Prime Minister Stephen Harper — donated more than the legal limit last year.+ d' ?& z& F) c3 u& ?+ g
, D# S: _" t% T; lLast 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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+ j( H# v6 A; NIn 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."/ J3 S/ ~: z' d+ o
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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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