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Friday, 4 June 2010
Mulroney & Schreiber & Airbus: What the Mounties did not know ...
0 comments Posted by 2011 at 07:28... but we now know, courtesy of Justice Oliphant.
LIKE IT? CLICK HERE TO READ MOREThe inquiry he so significantly shaped passed other tests important to the Prime Minister. Barred from examining what Johnston dismissed as the “well-tilled ground” of Air Canada’s 1988 Airbus purchase, Oliphant could only add explanatory detail and damning conclusions to what was mostly known about Mulroney’s links to Schreiber, now jailed in Germany.
Thursday, 3 June 2010
... as representative of Canadians, for not being "forthright" about his contacts with Karlheinz Schreiber?
LIKE IT? CLICK HERE TO READ MOREWilliam Kaplan, a lawyer and author, added his voice Thursday to those calling on the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper to act following Justice Jeffrey Oliphant's finding that Mulroney had not been "forthright" about his dealings with lobbyist Karlheinz Schreiber when he was questioned by government lawyers in connection with his 1996 libel suit.
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
I must congratulate Justice Oliphant on the clarity of his decisions. His Final Statement pulls no punches when it comes to his assessment of the statements made to his Commission by Karlheinz Schreiber, and by Brian Mulroney.
He is clear and precise, and his conclusions are set out in a way that anyone reading them can understand the chain of logic that lead him to his conclusions, even if one does not necessarily agree with his conclusions in all cases.
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Justice Oliphant and Brian Mulroney: Fooled you once ... twice ... thrice
0 comments Posted by 2011 at 15:02The old idiom says: Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.
The meaning? That you should learn from your mistakes, and not allow people to take advantage of you repeatedly.
And here is the Junior Bush's version of that old saying:
"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."LIKE IT? CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
LIKE IT? CLICK HERE TO READ MOREIt is a turnaround of dramatic proportions. Heading into the leadership debate, Liberal leader and Prime Minister John Turner enjoys a comfortable lead in the polls. But, Progressive Conservative challenger Brian Mulroney is poised to pounce. Mulroney aggressively attacks Turner on the issue of patronage. Turner is visibly flustered and can offer little rebuttal, explaining that he had no choce but to accept former prime minister Trudeau's last round of patronage appointments.
This is interesting:
