When there is a blatant error regarding a simple fact in an article, I doubt the veracity of the whole thing.  The limit for anonymous contributions is $20, not $200 as stated in this article.  As for the host who asked for $5000 for people to attend the event, he is a scammer and had "Linda" agreed to go, he would likely have asked for two cheques, one made out to him and one to the Liberal party.  If a donation for $5000 were made to the party, it would have been returned.