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Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit9 U; n. y% d% [. m% @
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 The Canadian Press
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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。9 E/ r1 t. s* }% i7 k
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。6 i. O) Z4 ]; F! U5 U' z
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Z: j" r" A, ?+ A9 S[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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9 u6 X) P5 q/ r8 t9 [9 [That means at least three party members — including Prime Minister Stephen Harper — donated more than the legal limit last year.$ G! ?+ L3 F; e) c- K* U$ A
9 l( Q5 V3 R; r8 K D2 ]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.+ O& k; c& g0 Z+ I0 d
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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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% E/ @: `) m3 R0 z; w. yThe 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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