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Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit
( M3 {$ A h bWednesday, December 27, 2006 The Canadian Press6 k+ m; Y( k1 `3 K, u# }3 S& W( H* n
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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。- f/ L$ G: n. Z8 t& q' k% ^8 l, g
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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3 m% b3 Q, A$ R( l) c) i[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.& ]" C7 _6 E1 |7 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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* p- i4 r' j. T& ]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.# B4 {1 ^5 ^2 P* y2 z
# H6 v6 V( S. RIn 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."7 k1 Y+ f" M1 L5 o- n
6 W3 s8 s4 F, p- [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.0 Q- s% l# M1 a9 t% [! U
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