The Globe and Mail reports that Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda now says that her riding association submitted an inaccurate report to Elections Canada. Oda blamed a clerical error for the fact that the report did not indicate that contributions from broadcast executives were returned after a fundraiser was cancelled last fall. Left unsaid was that Oda should not have accepted contributions from broadcast executives in the first place.
Oda Claims Clerical Error Behind Fundraising Controversy
May 7, 2007
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