Faith Goldy, a white nationalist who ran for Toronto mayor last year, is urging a city committee to reject a citizen request for an audit of her campaign finances.

In a letter received Tuesday by the compliance audit committee, Goldy also states the committee has no power to examine her personal non-campaign finances to see if there was any overlap.

The three-citizen committee can, upon receiving a request for an audit, order one or reject the application. If an audit finds wrongdoing, the committee can refer findings to a prosecutor for potential charges under the provincial Municipal Elections Act.

Evan Balgord, executive director of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, requested the audit, suggesting Goldy, while soliciting donations for a court challenge against a TV station owner refusing to broadcast her election ads, sought donations of any amount from non-Ontarians.

Goldy denies doing so. Only Ontario residents could legally donate to mayoral campaigns, and up to a maximum of $2,500 per individual donor. Goldy’s letter argues that candidates were allowed to donate a maximum of $25,000 to their own campaigns, and she did so to fund her legal fight against Bell Media.

Balgord’s application fails to offer evidence of any wrongdoing needed to trigger an audit, the letter states, rejecting his argument that she might have mixed her personal and campaign funds.

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Goldy, the letter adds, “did not, through act or omission, deliberately violate any campaign financing laws, and hence, any improper donations received during the campaign, either via e-transfer to the campaign account, cheque, or NationBuilder, were returned in full.”

Goldy had not, by Wednesday, filed her campaign finance disclosure, including names of donors. The deadline is 2 p.m. Monday, the same day the committee meets to hear Balgord’s application.

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Anyone found guilty of breaching the Municipal Elections Act can be ejected from any office they won, and prevented from seeking municipal office or appointment until the next regular election. The court can also fine them, if they overspent the campaign maximum, in line with the amount.

Goldy, who finished a distant third to winner John Tory and runner-up Jennifer Keesmaat, was recently banned by Facebook which cited rules against users “who spread hate, attack, or call for the exclusion of others on the basis of who they are.”

David Rider is the Star's City Hall bureau chief and a reporter covering Toronto politics. Follow him on Twitter: @dmrider

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