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They now want to change the accountability act to add that "payment... of a fee to participate in a registered party's convention is not a contribution" as long as the fees don't exceed the cost of running the convention.
The law needed "clarification", said communications director Mike Van Soelen, because different parties interpreted it different ways -- although Jean-Pierre Kingsley, Canada's chief electoral officer, has made it clear the Tories alone misinterpreted the existing rules."They're trying to use the blunt instrument of Parliament as a form of pardon for their violation of the law and trying to fix these mistakes retroactively."See the full content of this document
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Tories Try to Open Financial Loophole
By Bruce Cheadle
OTTAWA -- The Conservative government is proposing to open a loophole in its vaunted accountability a...See the full content of this document
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