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  • Red-faced Canadian politician returns kids' money (Same old political corruption)

    06/02/2006 7:21:25 PM PDT · by sully777 · 15 replies · 705+ views
    Reuters ^ | Fri Jun 2, 2006 10:07am ET | By David Ljunggren
    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Some children in Canada are so well-off and so keen on current affairs that they donate thousands of dollars to politicians -- at least, that's what one contender for the leadership of the opposition Liberal Party seems to believe. Former Immigration Minister Joe Volpe hit the spotlight this week after it emerged that a pair of 11-year-old twins and their 14-year-old brother had each donated C$5,400 ($4,900) to his leadership campaign. The parents of the children -- who also donated C$5,400 to Volpe's campaign -- are related to the chairman of generic drug maker Apotex Inc. In...