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TRIUMF Lab helps make case for electoral finance reform
In what it now calls a “learning experience”, TRIUMF—Canada's nuclear physics laboratory located at the University of British Columbia—finally acknowledged last week that it wasn't the most prudent of moves to make $3,370 in political donations to the B.C. Liberal party over the past three years. Read more here
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TRIUMF laboratory defends controversial donation to the BC Liberals
Political fundraising dinners have landed TRIUMF in hot water. TRIUMF, the Canadian national physics laboratory located at UBC, donated a total of $1950 to the BC Liberal Party in the form of tickets to fundraising events in 2011. These donations have come under fire from IntegrityBC, a British Columbia political watchdog group, as well as the BC NDP—both who claim that, as TRIUMF is a registered charitable organization which receives taxpayer dollars, the donations should be returned. Read the full story here
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Toughen rules on party registration and deregistration in B.C.
(Victoria, 1 May 2012) – IntegrityBC is calling for tougher rules governing the registration and deregistration of B.C. political parties in the wake of last month's annual party financial filings, as the organization contrasted rules in B.C. with those in Alberta and Ontario.
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