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Harper, 2 other MPs exceeded donations limit; r i: [: i1 \3 G( o" m% A5 m: J
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 The Canadian Press2 s2 L+ d& Z5 R5 F. A) K5 F
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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。% J! s) B& ~0 m
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。) T: r% r" ?$ b% k
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. E" F% D) F3 F' Y. T[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.# f6 X7 B0 \8 |$ Y
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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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7 T; U0 G( Q" xLast 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.: c) v( k4 R$ e7 v. s! T
* f; q% B; [/ k; [. ^3 WIn 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.") V, x1 S( u; _
+ J+ S! |% m# nThe 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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