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Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit
3 [7 I7 Y* `6 `3 h7 f( LWednesday, December 27, 2006 The Canadian Press0 P5 U. H, ] G/ R# @) `1 J# x
0 \1 Z: L/ ^4 x$ S/ Z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。, T i8 b: R, p
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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; i" X( m, m' r3 m- m, z) D[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. F: a" j( a- l# B
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That means at least three party members — including Prime Minister Stephen Harper — donated more than the legal limit last year.
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3 }5 H# w8 t* f$ g6 ^7 [5 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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& p0 j6 w. h6 i* v; d" cIn 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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& p" t! D) F3 [5 FThe report does not explain what constitutes "other revenue" or "other expenses." Moreover, the party reports almost $700,000 in previously undisclosed transfers from riding associations, presumably accounting for ridings that helped subsidize the cost of attending the Montreal policy convention for their delegates.' N; y" U$ b, e* i
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