HALIFAX — An investigation has found that councillors in a Nova Scotia municipality who expensed money spent on a Liberal fundraiser were unaware that it breached the Elections Act. In a report Friday, Elections Nova Scotia said it has entered into “compliance agreements” with six councillors, the chief administrative officer and the warden to follow the act in future. Chief Electoral Officer Richard Temporale said in a news release that Elections Nova Scotia is also launching an amnesty period for reporting similar breaches of the act in the past. Former warden Steve Sampson had suggested in an email to Richmond councillors that they could be reimbursed. Sampson did not re-offer in last fall’s municipal elections, but was fired from his job with the Nova Scotia Liberal caucus on Nov. 1.

Source: National Post January 28, 2017 17:32 UTC