Did the Conservatives snitch to Elections Canada about Garth Turners accounting problem?
Liberal Party MP Garth Turner ran under the Conservative Party banner in the 2006 election. During that election, a mistake was made. He was not confirmed as the candidate for the Conservative Party until December 5, 2005. How do I know this? Well, Garth Turner reports on his official confirmation in his blog on December 5: While I was chewing through poll 2030 tonight, the Returning Officer called me to say my nomination papers had been approved, which means I am an official candidate. He sounded happy for me, but I could only imagine what the feeling might have been — after seven months of campaigning — to be rejected on some technicality. In fact, this campaign is getting more and more intense for me as we enter the endgame. I love his reference to a “technicality” because even as he was posting this, a technicaiity was hiding in his bank account. He had accepted a whopping $10,000 transfer into his campaign four days before he was the official candidate: You can click to enlarge
