Sentences with phrase «illegal donations from»

The BC Liberals are under investigation by Elections BC and the RCMP after The Globe and Mail revealed the party is accepting illegal donations from lobbyists, specifically highlighting donations by Byng Giraud and Marian Ngo from Woodfibre LNG, which proposes to construct and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on the old Woodfibre Pulp and Paper Mill site near Squamish, British Columbia.

Guest writer Tracey Saxby is the Co-Founder of My Sea to Sky The BC Liberals are under investigation by Elections BC and the RCMP after The Globe and Mail revealed the party is accepting illegal donations from lobbyists, specifically highlighting donations by Byng Giraud and Marian Ngo from Woodfibre LNG, which proposes to construct and operate -LSB-...]

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When it was all over, the tally of alleged wrongdoing cited here today, assigned to one party or another, included unpaid taxes (NDP), abusing election laws (Conservatives), improperly taking money from charities (Liberals), improperly claimed expenses (Liberals), illegal campaign debts (Liberals), illegal political donations (NDP), flouting Hill security (NDP), a potentially illegal cheque (Conservatives), secrecy (Conservatives) and sabotaging the committee to select the parliamentary budget officer (Conservatives).

Also this month, Chinese authorities in Shanxi Province demolished the 50,000 - member Golden Lampstand (Jindengtai) Church using dynamite, and two pastors in Guizhou, one of whom is in prison, were fined over $ 1 million for collecting «illegal» donations from members of the congregation.

Sarkozy was presented, perhaps unfairly, as the «President of the rich» after taking illegal cash donations from the heiress to the L' Oreal fortune, Liliane Bettencourt, and a penchant for yachts, expensive watches and glamorous parties.

Rep. Yvette Clarke will donate $ 2,000 in campaign funds to charity to offset a contribution from Singh, who claims Blasio encouraged him to secretly funnel illegal donations to Clarke's campaign, a spokeswoman said.

It is illegal to accept campaign donations from them, but there is no proof nor even rumor that the Trump campaign received such donations.

It has been illegal for a fair while to take party political donations from abroad, and those ennobled are supposed to live here too I believe.

The street campaign organization, dubbed «V15» — «Victory 2015» — became a talking point this week for the Likud Party, as its Knesset members charged that the nonprofit's activities violate election laws by collecting foreign donations from American Jewish peaceniks — billionaire Danny Abraham and healthy snacks entrepreneur Daniel Lubetzky — on behalf of left - wing parties, and engaging in illegal campaign propaganda.

The donation was however met with some concerns from the public, and some civil society groups which highlighted the delicate dynamic between the two nations given the widespread involvement of Chinese nationals in the devastating illegal mining.

Under sparsely enforced New York election laws, it is illegal for a donor to «earmark» donations to a PAC, with the understanding that money will be passed from one committee to another.

The fact that Labour candidates are happy to accept donations from the man who led us into the illegal war in Iraq, introduced tuition fees and started the process of NHS privatisation is extraordinary.

Mr Deripaska was thrust into the UK limelight this week when allegations surfaced that shadow chancellor George Osborne had solicited an illegal # 50,000 donation from the tycoon.

Brendan Carlin, who was first on Fleet Street with the story, notes that the donations from retired bookmaker Alan Bown were illegal because Mr Bown failed to ensure he was on the electoral register at the time of his donation and UKIP failed to check that he was registered.

Republicans in the Hudson Valley have sent a complaint to Federal Election Commission alleging Sean Eldridge, a Democrat running against GOP Rep. Chris Gibson, accepted an illegal in - kind donation from a local economic group.

In August 2014, Liu's campaign charged that Avella had received «illegal» over-the-limit donations from the IDC Initiative.

While the brash brand of direct interference into the public discourse on scientific findings about global warming and associated harmful impacts we saw from Exxon operatives in the 1980s and 1990s has now morphed into a more passive, less - visible form of tampering — such as the company's continued stream of donations (some alleged to be illegal) to groups known for lobbying against and often shooting down federal and state - level proposals to promote renewable energy and limit carbon emissions — perhaps Avery will be able to persuade the new corporate leadership team to stop funding these groups altogether.

re: PolyisTCOandbanned You are likely familiar with the idea of «money - laundering» whether in the formal sense of washing illegal funds, or in the more general sense of moving money around so you can't tell where it came from, as in some political donations and the whole funding complex of thinktanks and and fronts,.