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On May 10, 2022, Global News published a report with headline of 8 Ontario PC MPPs received ‘allowance’ from party coffers.
2022 年 5 月 10 日，加拿大环球新闻发表了一篇标题为“ 8 名安省保守党议员获得党内金库的‘津贴’”的报道。
In the report, Vincent Ke, a MPP representing Don Valley North (DVN) was named in the report among the eight PC MPPs.
报报道说，代表 Don Valley North 的安省保守党议员柯文彬是其中8个保守党议员中的一个。
Mr. Ke was the biggest spender who charged the riding association $54,717 since 2018 on a range of expenses including nearly $30,000 in 2018 on “meals, food and drink,” another $12,000 in 2019 on “meals and entertainment” and more than $13,000 since 2018 on gas, parking and auto-related expenses.
柯先生是自 2018 年以来向安省保守党选区协会收取的一系列费用最高的一个，高达$54,717 元，包括 2018 年的近 30,000 元花在“膳食、食物和饮料”上的费用、2019 年$12,000 元花在的“餐饮和娱乐”上的费用，以及自 2018 年以来超过 $13,000 元用在汽油、停车和与汽车相关的费用。
Mr. Ke is a controversial politician in GTA Chinese community. He was the only MPP who attended the launch party for a Pro-China Tibetan group in 2019. China has been criticized of abuses of human rights in Tibet include restricted freedom of religion, belief, and association, arbitrary arrest.
柯先生是GTA华人社区中颇具争议的政客。他是唯一一位出席 2019 年亲中藏人团体启动大会的 省议员。西方一直批评中国在西藏侵犯人权，包括限制宗教、信仰和结社自由，任意逮捕。
In 2019, Mr. Ke was caught by Professional Engineers Ontario for referring to himself as an engineer. He never called himself an engineer again.
2019年，柯先生因自称工程师而被人投诉到安省专业工程师。他此后再也没有称自己是工程师。
In April 2020, Mr. Ke texted a message to a WeChat user and asked “Where have you been, baby?”. He explained later that he typed the wrong words. Mr. Ke never disclosed who he texted to.
2020年4月，柯先生在微信群里发了一条短信，问“宝贝，你去哪儿了？”。他后来解释说他打错了字。柯先生从未说明他发的短信是给谁的。
The Global report about Mr. Ke’s expenses in his riding was not paid attention to by Chinese GTA community until Chinese News launched an investigation on May 11, 2022 at 4PM.
直到 2022 年 5 月 11 日下午 4 点，大中资讯/096.ca发起调查后，GTA 华人社区才开始关注环球新闻关于柯先生在选区协会费用的报道。
Around 5 pm, the same day after our Chinese News report was published, Mr. Ke issued a statement in Chinese and was published in a few Chinese media outlets in the GTA.
下午 5 点左右，也就是大中资讯/096.ca发表报道后的同一天，柯先生发表了一份中文声明，并在 GTA 的几家中文媒体上发表。
Mr. Ke did not send his statement to Chinese News, the only Chinese news outlet that addressed his expenses in the Don Valley North riding association.
柯先生没有将他的声明发给大中资讯/096.ca。大中资讯/096.ca是唯一一家报道他在DVN选区协会开支问题的中文媒体。
In the statement, Mr. Ke stated in Chinese that the Global News report was a groundless, malicious attack against him. He did not say if he was going to disclose his spending details to the public.
柯先生在声明中用中文表示，环球新闻的报道是对他的毫无根据的恶意攻击，但他没有说他是否会公开有关费用的细节。
Also in the statement, Mr. Ke listed how he served his constituents including spreading government policies, encouraging people to take Covid-19 vaccine shots, distributing masks and providing free-ride services to get people vaccinated.
在声明中，柯先生列出了他如何为选民服务，包括传播政府政策、鼓励人们打新冠疫苗、分发口罩以及向打疫苗的人提供接送服务。
After Mr. Ke’s Statement was posted on WeChat, some people questioned why Mr. Ke did not publish a statement in both English and Chinese. Why Mr. Ke has not yet publish the breakdown of his expenses to public.
柯先生的声明在微信上发布后，有人在微信上质疑柯先生为何不发表中英文声明，柯先生为何尚未公布他的开支细目。
There are supporters on WeChat who believe that Mr. Ke did not do anything wrong.
微信上有支持者认为柯先生没有做错任何事。
As a donor to Mr. Ke, Mr. Feng Wang, president of Xiamen University Alumni Association of Canada told Chinese News that he trusted Mr. Ke and believes Mr. Ke would spend donors’ money carefully. He admitted that he did not know how to access Mr. Ke’s spendings.
作为给柯先生捐过钱的人，厦门大学加拿大校友会会长王峰先生告诉大中资讯/096.ca，他信任柯先生，认为柯先生会谨慎使用捐款。他承认自己不知道柯先生是如何花钱的。
Another supporter, Mr. Mao Ling Lin, president of Fuzhou University Alumni Association of Canada told Chinese News that he supports Mr. Ke on WeChat because he saw Mr. Ke has done a lot of good things for the Chinese community.
另一位支持者、加拿大福州大学校友会会长林茂翎先生告诉大中报，他在微信上支持柯先生，因为他看到柯先生为华人社区做了很多好事。
When asked if he could give a few examples of what Mr. Ke has provided to the community, Mr. Lin referred to Mr. Ke’s statement, without providing to Chinese News any personal testimonials.
当被问及能否举出柯先生为社区做事的例子时，林先生说柯先生的声明里已经讲了。他举不出任何自己所见证是实例。
“I trust him (Mr. Ke). I trust the DVN riding association” Mr. Lin said.
林先生说：“我信任他（柯先生）。我相信DVN保守党选区协会” 。
Chinese News tried to reach the Ontario PC party, DVN riding association and Mr. Ke himself.
大中资讯/096.ca联系了安省保守党党部、保守党DVN选区协会和柯先生本人。
No one in Mr. Ke’s campaign office was able to respond to Chinese News’ inquiries and his campaign office email box was full.
柯先生的竞选办公室没有人接电话，他的竞选办公室邮箱已满。
Mr. Alex Hilkene of Ontario PC party contacted Chinese News after a media inquiry was made. He did not respond to the questions Chinese News emailed him.
安省保守党的Alex Hilkene先生在接受媒体询问后联系了大中资讯/096.ca。他没有回答大中资讯/096.ca用电邮发给他的问题。
Mr. Joe Reis, president of the DVN riding association has promised to provide receipts of Mr. Ke’s spendings on 2018, Friday afternoon, May 20, 2022.
保守党DVN 选区协会会长 Joe Reis 先生已承诺在 2022 年 5 月 20 日，星期五下午提供柯先生 2018 年的支出收据。
Among the eight PC MPPs, the biggest spender was Don Valley North’s Vincent Ke who charged the riding association $54,717 since 2018 on a range of expenses including nearly $30,000 in 2018 on “meals, food and drink,” another $12,000 in 2019 on “meals and entertainment” and more than $13,000 since 2018 on gas, parking and auto-related expenses.
Doug Ford promises to ‘tighten’ election financing laws after MPP allowance controversy
整个华人媒体都不敢提柯文彬拿报销的事，但都转了柯文彬的辟谣。
柯文彬，你倒是发个英文辟谣，去告GlOBAL NEWS!
2022年5月10日，加拿大环球新闻报道说，多伦多Don Valley Nort（DVN）选区的安省保守党议员柯文彬先生自2018年以来向DVN选区协会收取了54,717元的费用，其中包括2018年近30,000元的用在“膳食、食品和饮料”的费用，2019 年12,000 元用于“餐饮和娱乐”，和自 2018 年以来超过 13,000 元用于加油、停车和与汽车相关的费用。
Chinese News published a report on May 19, 2022, questioning why Mr. Ke made a statement in Chinese only, and accused the Global News of groundless, malicious attack against him.
2022年5月19日，大中网/096.ca发表了一篇报道，问柯文彬为何只用中文回复环球新闻的报道，同时指控环球新闻的报道是无端指控，恶意抹黑。
Mr. Ke did not say in his statement if he would disclose the receipts he charged to DVN riding association. He insisted that he did nothing wrong.
柯文彬在其声明里没有说明他是否会公布他收取DVN选区协会钱的收据。他坚称自己没有做出格的事。
Chinese News has sent Mr. Ke numerous interview requests since May 18, 2022 and has received no response from him as of May 23，2022.
大中网/096.ca从5月18日起多次联络柯文彬，要求采访。但他从来没有回应采访要求。
Chinese News managed to reach Mr. Joe Reis, DVN riding association’s president on May 16, 2022, and asked him, among other questions, about the receipts Mr. Ke charged to the association.
5月16日，经过努力，大中网/096.ca找到了DVN选区协会主席Joe Reis先生，问他能否提供柯文彬向协会收取费用的收据。
Mr. Reis promised Chinese News that he would provide Mr. Ke’s2018 receipts on Friday afternoon (May 20, 2022).
Reis先生答应大中网/096.ca说，他会在上周五下午（5月20日）提供柯文彬2018年的收据。
“I can guarantee you this, you will not see one penny was paid to Vincent Ke in this (2018) period.” Mr. Reis told Chinese News over the phone.
Reis先生在电话里告诉大中网/096.ca说：“我向你们保证，你们会看到，协会在2018年度没有向柯文彬支付过一分钱。”
When this report is published, Chinese News has not yet received any receipts from Mr. Reis. He did not respond to our texting, email, and phone messages either.
在本报道发表之前，大中网/096.ca没有收到Reis先生的任何收据。他也没有回应大中网/096.ca给他的短信、电邮和电话留言。
Chinese News also tried to interview Ms. Christine Yan Liu, Mr. Ke’s office staff and campaign manager of 2022.
大中网/096.ca还尝试采访柯文彬议员办公室的雇员，柯文彬寻求2022年连任的竞选经理刘燕。
Chinese News was told by a source that Ms. Liu was a cheque signing officer for DVN riding association. Also, Mr. Ke’s campaign office is located in Ms. Liu’s school.
一个消息灵通人士告诉大中网/096.ca，刘燕有权签署DVN选区协会的银行账号的支票，柯文彬的竞选办公室在刘燕的学校内。
Chinese News went to Mr. Ke’s campaign office located at 466 McNicoll Avenue, Sunday afternoon, May 22, 2022.
大中网/096.ca于5月22日、周日下午去了柯文彬位于466 McNicoll Avenue的竞选办公室。
The following picture taken by Chinese News and a picture from Google Map indicate that Mr. Ke is using the space of Extraordinary Education Centre as his campaign office.
以下两张照片，一张是大中网/096.ca周日下午拍的，一张是谷歌地图上的照片。从谷歌的照片中可以看出，柯文彬的竞选办公室用的是刘燕的“非凡教育中心”的校舍。
Google picture / 谷歌照片。
Chinese News also found out that Mr. Ke’s campaign office uses address of 466 McNicoll Avenue in his campaign website, Ms. Liu’s school address is 466 Harold Evans Crescent, although the two offices are side by side in the same plaza.
大中网/096.ca还发现，虽然柯的办公室和刘的学校紧挨着，且在同一个Plaza里面，但柯竞选网站用的地址是466 McNicoll Avenue，而刘燕的学校用的地址是466 Harold Evans Crescent。
Chinese News has not been able to independently verify if Ms. Liu owns or leases both properties.
大中网/096.ca无法考证刘燕是拥有，还是租用这两个地方。
It is not first time that Ms. Liu and Mr. Ke were involved in controversy.
这不是柯文彬和刘燕第一次备受争议。
On October 18, 2018, Chinese News reported that Mr. Ke and his wife used Ms. Liu’s residential address in Toronto to vote for Ms. Liu in the Toronto Municipal Election. Record showed then that Mr. Ke was living in Brampton instead of Toronto.
2018年10月18日，大中网/096.ca报道了柯文彬和其妻子用刘燕的住址给当时是多伦多DVN选区市议员候选人的刘燕投了票。而档案显示，柯和其妻子当时住在宾顿市，而不是多伦多。
Ms. Liu told Chinese News then that Mr. Ke and his wife were her tenants then. She refused to give Chinese News any proof that Mr. Ke and his wife did pay Ms. Liu rent.
刘燕当时告诉大中网/096.ca，柯文彬和柯的妻子是她的租客。刘燕拒绝向大中网/096.ca拿出文件证明柯和妻子支付了刘燕房租。
Sunday afternoon in Mr. Ke’s campaign office, Ms. Liu refused to answer Chinese News’ questions if and how much Mr. Ke pays her rent for his campaign office.
周日下午，在柯文彬的竞选办，刘燕拒绝回答大中网/096.ca的问题，包括柯是否租了刘燕学校的校舍，租金是多少。
Ms. Liu also refused to confirm or deny if she is the cheque signing officer for DVN riding association.
刘燕同时也拒绝回答她是否是DVN选区协会银行支票账户的签字人。
Ms. Liu told Chinese News that all expenses charged by Mr. Ke were approved by the DVN riding association executives and audited by Election Ontario.
刘燕告诉大中网/096.ca，所有柯文彬的开销都是DVN选区协会的主管们同意的，这些开支已经过安省竞选局审计。