... you owe someone a shitpile of money... and you don't pay it back?
-- OTTAWA -- Six MPs who ran for the Liberal leadership in 2006 -- including Stephane Dion -- have missed the year-end deadline to repay loans made to their campaigns, the party says.
As Mr. Mayrand is not allowed to grant further extensions, the candidates are left in a difficult position. If they can raise the money, they must now get permission from a judge to pay off their loans. Otherwise, the outstanding debts will be treated as campaign contributions under the law.
That would prove awkward for a party that has repeatedly hammered the ruling Conservative party for alleged violations of the elections law through "in and out" advertising purchases in the 2006 campaign.
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