No apology from liberal MP sued by Mulroney

[Leafless]

Brian Mulroney is suing a Liberal MP for comments he made about the former prime minister's dealings with Karlheinz Schreiber.

Mulroney claims in a statement filed in Ontario Superior Court that several comments Nova Scotia MP Robert Thibault made on the Oct. 31 edition of CTV Newsnet's Mike Duffy Live were inaccurate and malicious.

Mr. Mulroney is suing for $2 million in damages and punitive damages because Mr. Thibault said this:

Thibault said Mulroney began receiving $300,000 in payments from Schreiber while he was still in office in May 1993.

And Mr. Mulroney denied these accusations saying:

Mulroney has denied the allegations, and none of them have been proven in court. He has maintained that he did not receive any money from Schreiber until after he left office.

Is Thibault simply a trouble maker reiterating unproven stale news for political gain?

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor...?hub=TopStories

[old_bold&cold]

The battle begins and it looks like this time Muroney will take the agressive role in all things, which is fine, as the voters would rather see Mulroney get his payoffs this time from those in the Liberal party that have pushed these issues without knowing anything about them. Watch all of them now stick to only stirring shit when they are in the HoC where they are protected from libel laws.

It is going to be very interesting in the times ahead.

[guyser]

Is Thibault simply a trouble maker reiterating unproven stale news for political gain?

No .And I bet dollars to doughnuts if his name were Mike Smith this would't be here.

[Topaz]

Are we either so old or too young to remember how corrupt the second term of the Mulroney gov't was??? Why Mulroney left office so early and Campbell took the fall for the PC's! Now we know why he left so early, to collect on a deal that was MADE while he was PM but wouldn't collect until he left office and didn't pay taxes on the money for a year! If the payment was made in the US and he brought the money across without declaring it, that is against the law.

[geoffrey]

Why Mulroney left office so early .

Mulroney left office early? 5 years is the max term in Canada, hey.

Good to see someone standing up and defending their name. Eventually the Liberals will learn that drive-by smear isn't appropriate when dealing with former Prime Ministers. Knowing something before running their mouths on national TV generally helps. Can Dion not keep order in his party?

[Michael Bluth]

Good to see someone standing up and defending their name. Eventually the Liberals will learn that drive-by smear isn't appropriate when dealing with former Prime Ministers. Knowing something before running their mouths on national TV generally helps. Can Dion not keep order in his party?

It doesn't appear that he can.

The majority of Canadians do not equate the current Conservative Government with the alleged improprieties of Mulroney.

Over the top attacks like Thibault's are not gaining any traction for the Liberals.

[Argus]

Are we either so old or too young to remember how corrupt the second term of the Mulroney gov't was???

Probably the fact the Chretien/Martin governments were ten times more corrupt tends to cause people to care less about Mulroney.

[daniel]

Probably the fact the Chretien/Martin governments were ten times more corrupt...

Down from twenty and closing-in fast.

[Fortunata]

Eventually the Liberals will learn that drive-by smear isn't appropriate when dealing with former Prime Ministers.

Nothing like the drive-by smearing that the Cons did to ALL Libs when adscam broke. How soon people forget.

[jdobbin]

Eventually the Liberals will learn that drive-by smear isn't appropriate when dealing with former Prime Ministers. Knowing something before running their mouths on national TV generally helps. Can Dion not keep order in his party?

It wasn't the Liberals that called the inquiry. It was Harper. And Harper called it because of the affidavit.

Harper made the flip flop. He said he wasn't going to have an inquiry. Now he is going to have an inquiry. Dion had nothing to do with getting the decision Harper made on Friday.

[Leafless]

It wasn't the Liberals that called the inquiry. It was Harper. And Harper called it because of the affidavit.

Harper made the flip flop. He said he wasn't going to have an inquiry. Now he is going to have an inquiry. Dion had nothing to do with getting the decision Harper made on Friday.

It was a forced decision if anything by both Mr. Schreiber and Mr. Mulroney.

Shreiber has been calling for an inquiry for years:

He now alleges that he paid Mulroney $300,000 in cash in a business deal that was finalized while Mulroney was still prime minister. The first cash instalment, paid in 1993, came while Mulroney was still an MP.

Schreiber also claims Mulroney subsequently asked him to cover up their business arrangement.

"I asked for this for years now," Schreiber told Global News on Tuesday after word of the inquiry broke.

"Yes, it is a victory for me, but it is a necessary victory for Canadians."

http://www.mytelus.com/ncp_news/article.en...ticleID=2798392

And Mr. Mulroney applied pressure tactics for an inquiry, leaving Mr. Harper little choice in the matter:

But Mulroney himself may have forced Harper's hand Monday night when he called for a far-reaching public inquiry at which public servants, politicians, lobbyists, police investigators and journalists would be put on the stand in a bid to clear his name.

With Mr. Dion's desperate attempt to gain credit for the inquiry:

"We are pressuring him so much that he has no choice. He started to say ... it's a vendetta, it's a witch hunt, a dismissive way and Friday it was not a public inquiry. Now reluctantly ... he said yes, it will be a public inquiry," Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion said.

Yesterday, Dion repeated his party's demand that the government halt Schreiber's extradition to Germany to ensure the businessman is in Canada to testify at the probe. "We want to be sure by any means that Mr. Schreiber will be available for a full testimony under oath," Dion said.

http://www.thestar.com/article/276355

[Argus]

Nothing like the drive-by smearing that the Cons did to ALL Libs when adscam broke. How soon people forget.

The program for adscam was widely known within the Liberal Party. It was not merely a way to raise money for the party in the form of kickbacks it was a way to reward people for donating money legally. Many Liberal MPs, esp from Quebec, made use of this program to reward their backers with overpriced contracts which produced nothing. No one is going to convince me that Stephan Dion, as Chretien's loyal lieutenant for Quebec, did not know everything about adscam from top to bottom. He ought to be in prison, along with Chretien.

[margrace]

Nothing like the drive-by smearing that the Cons did to ALL Libs when adscam broke. How soon people forget.

It always amazes me when I hear of the drive to punish and get bullies out of our schools. When we have an example such as Mr. Mulroney, what do you expect. He is a bully par excellance

Edited November 16, 2007 by margrace

[Michael Bluth]

The program for adscam was widely known within the Liberal Party. It was not merely a way to raise money for the party in the form of kickbacks it was a way to reward people for donating money legally. Many Liberal MPs, esp from Quebec, made use of this program to reward their backers with overpriced contracts which produced nothing.

But Gomery merely proved that the Liberals *only* stole $1.14 Million of taxpayer money.

Interesting how all those who were calling the CPC merely the Canadian Alliance with a new name have now been converted to the cause now that the PC's name is being dragged in the mud.

Oh wait, it's not interesting. It's pathetic partisan posturing.

[Fortunata]

But Gomery merely proved that the Liberals *only* stole $1.14 Million of taxpayer money.

Interesting how all those who were calling the CPC merely the Canadian Alliance with a new name have now been converted to the cause now that the PC's name is being dragged in the mud.

Oh wait, it's not interesting. It's pathetic partisan posturing.

You're accusing others of pathetic partisan posturing? Wow!

[Michael Bluth]

You're accusing others of pathetic partisan posturing? Wow!

Great contribution to the debate.

Aside from the personal attack without support, you said nothing.

[Fortunata]

Great contribution to the debate.

Aside from the personal attack without support, you said nothing.

You're the only one that is allowed to bring up others' hypocrisies, is that right?

[fellowtraveller]

Harper made the flip flop. He said he wasn't going to have an inquiry. Now he is going to have an inquiry. Dion had nothing to do with getting the decision Harper made on Friday.

I wonder if Harper might know a little something something that Dion does not. The testimony about the Liberal payoff of the $2.1 settlement with Mulroney may contain some things the Libs might not want public.

But Gomery merely proved that the Liberals *only* stole $1.14 Million of taxpayer money.

he did nothing of the sort, his inquiry fell far, far short of the level of scrutiny that should have been brought to bear on the Liberal ridings and bagmen- and politicians. Are we supposed to believe that the Liberals laundered a couple of hundred million through the books of ad agencies and came out with .005%?

No one is going to convince me that Stephan Dion, as Chretien's loyal lieutenant for Quebec, did not know everything about adscam from top to bottom. He ought to be in prison, along with Chretien.

Me either. Add Jean Corriveau, the entire Quebec caucus and numerous unnamed co-conspirators to that list.