Saskatchewan Party MLA Ben Heppner has asked Saskatchewan's Chief Electoral Officer to investigate $92,833 in anonymous donations that went from the Liberal Party of Canada to the provincial Karwacki Liberals.
Heppner said anonymous donations are a violation of The Election Act.
Click here to read a copy of the letter from Mr. Heppner to the Chief Electoral Officer. Click here for a copy of the page from the Saskatchewan Liberal's annual fiscal return outlining the anonymous donation."The Act allows a federal party to donate to a provincial party, but the provincial party must disclose the names of the original donors," Heppner said. "The Karwacki Liberals have failed to do so on nearly $93,000 in donations they received from the federal Liberals in 2004."
The Saskatchewan Liberals just filed their 2004 return. It indicates the Liberal Party of Canada donated over $200,000 to the provincial party.
Heppner noted that the status of the provincial Liberal Party is already under review for missing the May 2 filing deadline for their annual fiscal return, according to a news release issued yesterday by the Chief Electoral Officer. Heppner said the Chief Electoral Officer told his office that he will be referring that violation to the Department of Justice to consider prosecution.
Call me stupid but can they rule it an invalid election and remove the party from power?
I'm don't understand what the result of a guilty finding would be. Or is it like everything else here, no punishment for the crime.
A federal election coming up and the provincial party does not disclose its fund raising to the Chief Electoral Officer. Very, very interesting. Keep digging Kate, follow the money.
Yabut, was it "dirty" money?