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Corporations that do business with city hall directed the vast majority of their 2010 campaign contributions to 19 candidates running for city council, helping to elect 17, according to a report released Tuesday by former city councillor Alex Cullen, who is seeking re-election in the Bay ward.

According to the Cullen report, some of these same corporations also used associated companies to boost campaign contributions, in some cases allegedly surpassing the total combined donations limit of $5,000 for one company to give to candidates.

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The Cullen report also alleges that at least one individual appears to have personally exceeded the $5,000 limit, but says there is such lax oversight of the province’s Municipal Elections Act that it’s unclear whether any action was taken.

“What I’m trying to do is deal with is a blemish in the electoral process, something that tilts the elections and that, in my view, is not in the public interest,” Cullen told reporters.