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By Kyle Duggan An elections watchdog fined Nova Scotia Liberal MP Jaime Battiste and his financial agent $600 each for a series of elections law violations \u2014 including a donation of funds to Battiste’s own campaign that went almost $1,500 over the limit. Battiste serves as parliamentary secretary to the minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations. He sought the party leadership earlier this year but bowed out of the leadership race early on. The elections law violations stem back six years, to a July 2019 candidate nomination contest in Sydney\u2014Victoria that Battiste won. Notices posted Thursday by the office of Commissioner of Canada Elections Caroline Simard state that Battiste breached the Canada Elections Act by filing “false and misleading information” in his official paperwork His expense return reported contributions of $8,201, but… <\/p>\n

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By Kyle Duggan An elections watchdog fined Nova Scotia Liberal MP Jaime Battiste and his financial agent $600 each for a series of elections law violations \u2014 including a donation of funds to Battiste’s own campaign that went almost $1,500 over the limit. Battiste serves as parliamentary secretary to the minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations. He sought the party leadership earlier this year but bowed out of the leadership race early on. The elections law violations stem back six years, to a July 2019 candidate nomination contest in Sydney\u2014Victoria that Battiste won. Notices posted Thursday by the office of Commissioner of Canada Elections Caroline Simard state that Battiste breached the Canada Elections Act by filing “false and misleading information” in his official paperwork His expense return reported contributions of $8,201, but... <\/p>\n

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