Below is the best description of the In and Out controversy. In this case the taxpayer is on the hook for $29,400. In the case of our local M.P. the taxpayer only gets hit for 60% of 10,029.98 or $6,017.99 (Yes Virginia you even get to pay your percentage of the $40 wire transfer charge paid to the TD Canada Trust.) Looks like our local candidate got his money 1 day later than his Quebec Colleague but both managed to return the money promptly on Monday.
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On January 12, 2006, just two weeks before the looming election, the Hull-Aylmer Conservative association received a cheque for $48,558.55 from the Conservative Party of Canada. One day after it cleared the association bank account, the locals sent two cheques back across the river to CPC headquarters, one for $44,573.55, the other in the amount of $3,986. The total: $48,558.55. In other words, that money wasn’t used to expense anything regarding the campaign. No signs, no printing, no newspaper ads. It was merely a transfer – in and out.
But by virtue of that transfer, the Hull-Aylmer association was able to plump up its election expense return by $48,558.55 (according to documents filed with the regulator), and therefore claim a refund worth 60% of that amount, or $29,400.
This thirty grand was financed by you. And me. All taxpayers, since that is how the bulk of electoral finances are now handled.IN Hull-Aylmer
Candidates' Details - Statement of Transfers Received (Part 2h)
| 4 | Jan. 12, 2006 | Conservative Party of Canada | 48,558.55 |
Candidates' Details - Statement of Electoral Campaign Expenses (Part 3a)
| 16 | Jan. 16, 2006 | Conservative Party of Canada, | transfer | 16 | 44,573.55 Amount Paid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 36,359.39 Radio/TV | 8,214.16 Other Advertising | |||||||
| 17 | Jan. 16, 2006 | Conservative Party of Canada, | transfer | 17 | 3,985.00 Amount Paid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3,985.00 Other Advertising |
IN: Details of Transfers received: Okanagan/Shuswap
| 2 | Jan. 13, 2006 | Conservative Party of Canada | 9,989.98 |
| 41 | Jan. 16, 2006 | TD Canada Trust | wire transfe | 10,029.98 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10,029.98 |
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