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, F& ?) c& ^. c! k9 r; ~ ?5 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。9 k: s# C! h* O; n7 _
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。( d2 P9 }3 H" J7 p" N
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[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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: W% _* o- J, X+ L" jThat means at least three party members — including Prime Minister Stephen Harper — donated more than the legal limit last year.
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5 Y- {7 X/ M; SLast 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.: V+ f6 K3 G1 O4 v, u" M1 R
! Y q" X7 Z; B$ w) 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."# Y- U. D& \) r* I6 a
2 y# A+ `$ i7 w) a2 |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.& D" X, _' e; R1 i; A6 q( [
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