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Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit
( l; P. w# U6 z, ^3 i( U6 oWednesday, December 27, 2006 The Canadian Press
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- F3 @% Q9 N% Z# k/ \. w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。) W; q4 R9 [( B) X! \) `5 J
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。' G7 i, h/ Y5 A3 B- A8 Y4 P
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+ \/ \+ `9 j+ h1 [6 s' k[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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% l4 |4 m# g9 S1 `That means at least three party members — including Prime Minister Stephen Harper — donated more than the legal limit last year.
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9 P2 _* H& P- V c* gLast 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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z; o5 s1 X; ^6 P: T4 uIn 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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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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