Modeling Journey

Karlheinz Schreiber does not give clear answers to questions; that we know now. But sometimes, hidden deep inside his rambling answers, we might spot nuggets which might be gold ...

One of the central issues facing the Ethics Committee is whether two prime ministers of Canada, Brian Mulroney and Stephen Harper, met at Harrington Lake, and discussed what to do about a Canadian who was facing extradition.

Schreiber says he wrote a letter to Harper which he gave to Mulroney to hand deliver to the PM at Harrington Lake. He is on record as saying that he was told that the letter was indeed handed over or discussed with Harper, and that he was to wait until after the court case dealing with his extradition before, perhaps, the Minister of Justice would do something.

Harper denied receiving the letter from Mulroney. He also denied having received any messages from Mulroney on behalf of Schreiber. It seems that he also denied having discussed Schreiber at all during that Harrington Lake meeting.

Schreiber was shocked by Harper's statement, because he was told - by a nameless "friend", according to Schreiber's Tuesday testimony - that his plight was indeed discussed between Harper and Mulroney.

http://davidakin.blogware.com/Dec_2004_ETHI_BLUES.doc

What work awaits the Ethics Committee in order to clarify and resolve the issue?

Simply this: ask Schreiber who the "friend" was, then call that person and explore under oath - in proper detail - the conversation that friend had with Schreiber, the reasons why the friend made those statements, if they were made, and where the friend got the information from ...