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Originally Posted by First Lady
I agree. But don't you find it a tad incredible that the PC's were the only ones who managed to get into this situation?
As to the other scenario of direct illegal contributions, the Wildrose did have a case like that.
A nominated candidate (Maryann Chichak) discovered she had taken in an illegal donation. Upon discovery she returned the money and reported it accordingly. Thus avoiding an investigation and charges.
She took a lot of heat at the time. With people saying things like "...never would have returned it if it hadn't been caught." etc.
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Sure, but the Tories getting caught stands to reason really. A lot of these donations are from a few years ago. At that point they were the only serious party in Alberta politics so they had bigger fundraisers with more people of importance thinking they should attend. If Brian Mason is in say Lethbridge I don't know if that has the same cache for civic employees as say Ed Stelmach?
It sounds more ominous when you say its only the Tories, but its not entirely surprising based on that alone.