 鲜花( 3)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit
u5 W8 W0 j0 J, j. ^4 O0 X( J: W8 b; cWednesday, December 27, 2006 The Canadian Press
: C1 z4 V: |/ K1 T! P4 o4 a# C
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。8 o J8 ~* Z" t! K L0 g5 k+ y3 v8 e
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。+ ^: E* ~9 s4 r6 r6 B% r, [
。。。. D3 d) J* g$ O7 k$ b* J
8 p! d+ j) K; q/ P
[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.
* w" O0 d- F# ]( M, ^
* G8 C) H$ t: @That means at least three party members — including Prime Minister Stephen Harper — donated more than the legal limit last year.
, a5 E4 k1 K: _' X- `) S. U% z Z3 p8 J0 h, F
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.& k& l- Q/ f# Q7 \+ v
5 Z( r$ }& M9 |: VIn 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."
* x) D5 ^3 j9 p. d! n( m" C% ?/ P! U8 F1 E8 s! @
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.1 c* U. ^* b& a/ l* i A* z2 x V! t
|
|