Former prime minister Brian Mulroney wants the federal government to drop an independent review of allegations he faces and proceed immediately to a full-blown public inquiry into the matter.
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney has a laugh as he signs copies of his book at the launch of his memoirs in Montreal on Sept. 10.
(Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press) Mulroney said an inquiry is the only way the issue which has dogged him for years will ever be put to rest.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Friday that he would appoint an independent adviser to review allegations in an affidavit by German-Canadian businessman Karlheinz Schreiber that include a claim that while Mulroney was still in office, the two struck a deal for the former prime minister to be paid $300,000 after he left public life.
A full-fledged public inquiry would have the power to compel witnesses to testify under oath. It was just such an inquiry under Justice John Gomery that unearthed sordid and sensational details of the sponsorship scandal that torpedoed the former Liberal government.
Mulroney said he wants a public inquiry to cover the period from his time in office in 1988 to the present day.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Friday that he would appoint an independent adviser to review allegations in an affidavit by German-Canadian businessman Karlheinz Schreiber that include a claim that while Mulroney was still in office, the two struck a deal for the former prime minister to be paid $300,000 after he left public life.
A full-fledged public inquiry would have the power to compel witnesses to testify under oath. It was just such an inquiry under Justice John Gomery that unearthed sordid and sensational details of the sponsorship scandal that torpedoed the former Liberal government.
Mulroney said he wants a public inquiry to cover the period from his time in office in 1988 to the present day.
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