Dan Baril asks a pretty good question;
Mr. Schreiber can’t have it both ways. On the Fifth Estate, the $300K is reportedly in connection with Mr. Mulroney’s alleged role in greasing the Airbus wheels, yet in Mr. Schreiber’s most recent Affidavit it’s for greasing the wheels of light armoured vehicles and pasta processes. Which is it?
If the $300K is for Mr. Mulroney’s role in greasing Airbus, why is Mr. Schreiber asking for that money back in paragraph 41 of his Affidavit? Did the Airbus deal not proceed as planned, with some $20 Million in additional commission payouts?
Read it for yourself here.
h/t to reader Rich.
My, my, my!!! Talk about walking into a street fight with your hands down.
From the affitdavit (page 9, para 38), Schreiber wrote a letter to Mulroney stating:
…the public rhetoric regarding the sale of Airbus planes…and the conspiracy against me personally amounted to the largest political scandal in the history of Canada, and that Mr. Mulroney and I must expose the people behind the scandal around the Airbus affair…
Could it be the Liberals have walked unwittingly into an ambush?
Posted by: Belisarius at November 15, 2007 10:37 AM
Maybe, must maybe, this will be the end of the Liberals. Here’s hoping.
From the end of the story that cal2 linked to:
“Schreiber was first arrested by the RCMP in 1999 after Germany sought to have him returned to the country to face trial.
“Since then, his legal team has fought for him to stay in Canada using a series of complex court motions, which included an unsuccessful constitutional challenge of the extradition law.
“Documents obtained under the Access to Information Act show German officials have complained about lengthy delays in Schreiber’s extradition, but Schreiber continued his legal battle.
“In 2004, Irwin Cotler, who was then justice minister, ordered Schreiber’s deportation.
“But three years later, Schreiber is still in the country. In total, Schreiber has sought six judicial reviews, requested three justice ministers intervene and filed an injunction to stop his deportation.”
Uh-h-h…has anyone in the MSwhatever, with the possible exception of the reporter who wrote this piece, detected a certain underlying pattern in Herr Schreiber’s repeated actions?
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Here’s what the German prosecutor is saying…
Nemetz was also dismissive of Liberal Party claims that extraditing Schreiber would
stall a public enquiry into his murky Canadian dealings.
“We wouldn’t have any problem with co-operating with the Canadian authorities.
The delaying tactics Schreiber has been using since 1999 are remarkable. It’s
remarkable that it obviously still works today.”
Let his countrymen go his food and board for a couple of years.
According to German authorities… we can reel this bottomfeeder in anytime
we need him.
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LindaL – that’s an interesting outline. But -if Schreiber has many enemies in Germany, and I don’t doubt that he has, you are suggesting that these enemies don’t want him back in Germany because he would expose them.
Therefore, how are they helping to keep him out of Germany? Are you suggesting that they are in collusion with the Liberals?
And, if he knows things that would harm these people in Germany, do you think that they would consider his word, that he wouldn’t say anything if they managed to keep him out of Germany, strong enough to leave him alone?
Schreiber has already alienated Mulroney, by filing a lawsuit against him for ‘work not done’ with regard to the 300,000, and has alienated Mulroney by retracting his earlier sworn testimony that Mulroney’s talks with him were outside of his tenure as PM. How does that help Schreiber stay out of Germany?
Again, how can the Liberals involve Harper? They can’t; these issues all took place 15-20 years ago. Their only means of involvement is by the unethical tactic of Guilt by Association and by depriving Mulroney of his Charter Rights of innocence before the court of law. That besmirches the Liberals!
Yessir3
Bilingual ,(which I assume you mean english and french)and educated WOULD be rare.
And are you trying to say,guilt by association,doesn’t work,but only for the poor?
Can’t find anything among 33 million??
I find many ,very intelligent people all the time(English speaking),on there way out west or the United States.
Your bilingual country is a joke.
Your a poor lawyer.
“Documents obtained under the Access to Information Act show German officials have complained about lengthy delays in Schreiber’s extradition, but Schreiber continued his legal battle.
In 2004, Irwin Cotler, who was then [Liberal] justice minister, ordered Schreiber’s deportation.
But three years later, Schreiber is still in the country. In total, Schreiber has sought six judicial reviews, requested three justice ministers intervene and filed an injunction to stop his deportation.”
So – all of you truly “objective” and non bised media folks – why not interview Liberal Irwin Cotler on this issue. ????
KHS can go and live in a german jail at no expense to the canadian taxpayer, they can uplink him from there to be cross examined by the inquiry.
ist dieses ein payoff scheme.
ja ist es ein payoff scheme
payoff scheme, payoff scheme.
ja – alouetta jeunty alouetta.
Gord Tulk: “PM Mulroney would clear all of this up in an instant if he would explain why he got the 300,000 in cash.” — I don’t think so, Gord. There would be immediate questions about whether or not whatever story he’d present is true. We have already heard the pasta machine and armaments company deals and it looks like they are not believed. Moreover, both Mulroney and Schreiber have already said that the money was NOT for Airbus. So Mulroney can’t clear this up with a simple statement — but the bigger issue is that it is not even about trying to get Mulroney. The fact that an enquiry is on the table reflects political games, rather than anything meaningful in terms of increasing honesty in government.
The handmaidens are worried:
“Mulroney inquiry needs sharp focus” – the star, editorial.
“What is clear already, though, is that the coming public inquiry must have a mandate wide enough to allow for a full probe into the controversial financial dealings between Mulroney and Schreiber…But the mandate cannot be so broad that the inquiry is turned into a witch hunt going back nearly 20 years, with every senior elected offical, lobbyist, public servant and…journalist, who might have been involved in the matter called to testify.”
But, the Star will set the terms, of course:
“At the heart of this inquiry, which should be headed by a senior judge, must be two key questions:
First did Mulroney accept cash payments or strike deals with Schreiber while he was still prime minister?
Second, was the Prime Minister’s Office under Harper involved in a cover-up…?”
But, as they know, Harper will open it up as much as he wants, as he warned them.
And they’re crapping their pants.
This has got to be the lamest political story in recent memory, which isn’t saying much considering the lame stories that came out of the media the last several months.
Who knew that decades later the Liberals would be so ‘outraged’ (so their scriptwriters tell them) at the old Prime Minister from days gone old? And in so hoping to capitalize on ANYTHING for political gain, blatantly ignore the Charter so they can play a game of Guilt By Association with practically any person who somehow has talked with Mulroney or has the word ‘Conservative’ linked to them.
And the media, which has had such wonderful gems such as predicting an election for the past year that never came and worrying over a Taliban Spring Offensive that never happened, are now showing their backpeddaling, slowly but surely.
“This needs to be focused” my butt. It started because of political accusations and fake outrage, so the inquiry’s going to be as broad as possible. These people have no one’s but themselves to blame for this waste of time.
I want to see every Lieberal, MSM and every slimey vindictive character that’s out there exposed FINALLY!
QP today
No Dion today in the HOC, regina’s ralph starts question period.
Day answers thibault’s question involving letters.
The member should be careful as he knows where ?’s about letters has got him.
Dion took such a long time to cover his tracks,he missed Q period.
Another wannabe pm in waiting (if the liberals can lower their standards somemore)mckenna,seen walking around town with a stun gun and his tongue hanging out..
If Dion and Grits truly think Harper guilty of coverup or Muroney guilty of this or that, then they should have the courage to make those allegations outside the HofC, where they would quickly learn the term “courage of their convictions.” Until anyone willing to make allegations outside parliament, then their credibility should be zero.
The following is a statement/question by the Liberal MP, Robert Thibeault (who is being sued by Mulroney for his allegations against Mulroney on Duffy’s show). Thibeault says:
“Mr. Speaker, Canadians find it hard to believe that the Prime Minister was kept in the dark about something as sensitive as criminal allegations about a former prime minister and his political mentor, Brian Mulroney, but if that is true, it suggests the Prime Minister deliberately insulated himself from the facts in this matter.
Ignorance is not an excuse. He should have known and he should have demanded to know. Instead, he demanded to be kept in the dark. Why? What is the Prime Minister hiding from?”
Take this, critically, apart.
First, instead of claiming that the question comes from him, he asserts he speaks for all Canadians.
Second, ‘criminal allegations about a former PM’ ignores that these allegations were made by a well-known pathological liar, Schreiber, who is awaiting extradition to Germany for fraud. Should a PM accept such allegations without evidence?
Third, he states that the PM “was kept in the dark” (obviously by someone) and then, goes on to claim that ‘if this is true (not being told), Thibeault claims that Harper himself insisted on not being told.
THINK. How could anyone insist that they not be told what they did not know about?
Fourth- he moves onto ‘ignorance is no excuse’ he should have known”. What??? Harper should have known that Schreiber would write and retract his old evidence that Mulroney was not involved and now say that Mulroney was involved..? How should Harper have known this???? By divine revelation?
Fifth- he ‘should have demanded to know’. Again, how can you demand to know what you don’t know anything about?
Sixth – Thibeault is claiming that Harper ‘demanded to be kept in the dark”. Wow. Again, how could anyone demand not to know what they did not know.
Again, the illogical fantasy of it all – Only a Liberal could talk like that.
No Charter Rights (innocent until proven guilty). Instead, Guilt by Association.
And,
Guilt, even if you don’t know anything about the situation.
What kind of outrageous violation of democracy and reasoned thinking is going on in the Liberal ranks?
have another beer shammy
Some responses for ET:
LindaL – that’s an interesting outline. “But -if Schreiber has many enemies in Germany, and I don’t doubt that he has, you are suggesting that these enemies don’t want him back in Germany because he would expose them.” — Yes – his enemies don’t want him back.
“Therefore, how are they helping to keep him out of Germany?” — They keep him out of Germany by getting rid of the extradition order. Their hope is that he will just fade away into the sunset. I don’t think Schreiber is likely to stir any rat’s nests unless he feels threatened. He would be happy to have all of this go away and to peacefully retire in Canada.
“Are you suggesting that they are in collusion with the Liberals?” — No, just that the Liberals are taking advantage of Schreiber’s desperation for their own gain.
“And, if he knows things that would harm these people in Germany, do you think that they would consider his word, that he wouldn’t say anything if they managed to keep him out of Germany, strong enough to leave him alone?” — Don’t know about that but Schreiber would have no reason to expose his enemies once he feels safe in Canada. Things could get seriously nasty if he did expose them and I think that Schreiber would want to avoid that.
“Schreiber has already alienated Mulroney, by filing a lawsuit against him for ‘work not done’ with regard to the 300,000, and has alienated Mulroney by retracting his earlier sworn testimony that Mulroney’s talks with him were outside of his tenure as PM.” — Well – he earlier defended Mulroney, so they are more or less even – however by retracting statements he (and Mulroney) both know that his testimony becomes meaningless . . . without something else corroborating, which there is not because Mulroney isn’t involved in the Airbus mess. Mulroney is safe in most of this – and I don’t even think he is the main target of the Liberal push on this – Harper is. They might manage to get Mulroney on not paying the GST – if he did not — what’s that worth to Canadians? Think it’s worth an enquiry. Mulroney might also make a tidy sum in “damages”
How does that help Schreiber stay out of Germany? — By getting a public stage in Canada (via the enquiry) the Germans get nervous and back off of the extradition request – not the German government itself, but the various wheeler-dealer’s behind the scenes who seem quite adept at buying favours.
“Again, how can the Liberals involve Harper? . . . Their only means of involvement is by the unethical tactic of Guilt by Association and by depriving Mulroney of his Charter Rights of innocence before the court of law.” – That’s what they are working on – and hoping the public won’t notice.
“That besmirches the Liberals!” – it does – but they are hoping the public won’t notice and you can bet your boots that about 30% won’t notice a thing. I am afraid that I am to the point where I feel that politics is very much about manipulating the public . . . often via the media.
lindaL – what is your proof for your assertion that his enemies don’t want him back?
You are saying that they are ‘getting rid of the extradition order’. How are they doing this? It hasn’t happened. Germany still wants him extradited. How are these people ‘getting rid of the extradition order’? It’s been in existence for 9 years and no-one has shown any attempts to get rid of it.
What proof do you have that these people can be assured that Schreiber won’t talk in the future?
You say that Harper is the target? But he wasn’t involved with Mulroney’s dealings with Schreiber. That was 15-20 years ago.
I think your claims that it’s some Germans who don’t want Schreiber back in Germany…are rather speculative. There’s no evidence of this. The extradition order hasn’t changed. All that has changed, is the Schreiber keeps going from one appeals court to another.
All the Lieberals do is try to project this conspiracy theory of theirs of a cover up by Harper. Does anyone believe this crap that they spew?
any one think that the liebrals cooked this up to keep scheiber in canada because of what might come out in the German Investigation about LPC and company.
Yes, ET, Thibault piles fallacy on fallacy, to come up with obviously fallacious conclusion.
Again, I implore Grits to make accusations outside privilege of HofC, or there is no credibility, just mudslinging.
Oh yeah, Thibault already did that, and is being sued for libel. Using his fallacious logic, he should have known what he said was libellous, or was he kept in dark on purpose. Did someone tell him to say something stupid, like libel a p****d off street fighter, like Mulroney; or, is he just an idiot. Let’s let the public be the judge of that.
BTW, another thing, quote from Greenspan on Court of Appeal’s refusal to delay/stop KHS deportation:
“Mr. Greenspan appeared unhappy with the ruling. “I guess politics has taken over,” he said in court. He wouldn’t comment further on the decision outside court, suggesting only that he was taking it in stride.”
Politics has taken over? Now a Court of Appeal is in on the conspiracy. Compare them to his scumbag, liar of a client. Greenspan should be censured for that remark. Enough is enough.
As a lawyer, he should know better than to make such irresponsible comments, not based on the law. He should be held accountable for those remarks.
We know the Liberals are right at home conversing with a crook.
They’ve been dreaming of smearing a Conservative, any Conservative, even going back to 1867 if need be. Problem is, they’re going to get way more than they’re bargaining for in this latest attempt at smearing Mulroney.
If they’re truly worried about corruption in our system they’d long ago have distanced themselves from a few key operators in their own party. This is one inquiry that may help them in that regard.
Well, I’m still suggesting that the Liberals really don’t want an inquiry, especially one that might involve them.
In QP today, they’ve moved off of the inquiry and are trying to paint Harper into the conspiracy, by saying that he should have read Schreiber’s letters and should have…etc, etc. And that the reason he didn’t, was because he wanted to help Mulroney…etc, etc.
They have only one agenda. Smear Mulroney and link Harper to Mulroney…One agenda.
The Liberals are not interested in truth. In justice. Not at all.
As I said, they have violated Mulroney’s Charter Rights of innocence until a trial, and they have moved into tribalism. Guilt by Association. That, in my mind, is disgraceful. That’s the Liberal Way.
I don’t think that the Liberals are that interested in an inquiry and will try to discredit it or reject it, or reduce it. They don’t want their involvement with Schreiber to be made known.
I don’t think that they will get their wish.
Does anyone really think that the Lieberals can get this letter thing, about Harper not getting or reading to stick? Will the CPC brand be hurt by this? I’m really worried about that.
ET: “lindaL – what is your proof?” Geez, ET, I don’t have any “proof” — I certainly don’t know any of these characters. I am just trying to fit the pieces together in a way that makes some sense. I think Schreibers biggest fears are in Germany . . . there is an attempt to get him back . . . from which folks might back off if it looks like he could cause them damage before he gets back. I don’t know enough about how the German courts might handle things, so don’t know what fears they might have about any testimony he might make after returning to Germany. The charges are different there and he may not have the same opportunity for publicly naming names re various business dealings, unless he is able to interest the media. The main thing is he has only one trump card to avoid being returned . . . Watch to see what happens with the charges in Germany which could tell us more. Absolutely, this is speculative . . . but how is that any different from every other post on this topic? I just have a slightly different theory.
Martin has been criticized for knocking over the trough, Dion may be remembered as the guy that broke it into pieces and burnt the remains.
This is going to get really nasty and it ain’t the CPC that is going to be hurting.
Pat
This whole “new” information is that Karl Heinz offered future consulting work to Mulroney while Mulroney was within two days of stepping down as PM and becoming a private citizen?
So, was Jean Chretien offered a future “job” or any consulting work while he was still PM for when he also became a private citizen or did all those millions of contracts to China just come out of the blue the day after he stepped down.
How about Paul Martin – he was not only offered jobs while he was PM he is undertaking paid consulting work and contracts while still sitting as an MP.
So, did KarlHeinz attend with a bunch of other people to Mulroney’ Harrington Lake cottage two days before he stepped down and say “Hey, Brian old buddy. Once you’re no longer PM how’s about a few contracts to help out with some of my businesses once you’re not PM.”
And then did Mulroney say “Sounds good KarlHeinz. I’m looking for some consutling work and I’ll give you a call”.
Everything after that , Mulroney contracting his services to private enterprises, how and when and how much he got paid, etc. etc. had NOTHING to do with politics and were done between private citizens. He was paid private money by a private individual who now says he wants his money back because Mulroney did not do a good job for hs pasta restaurants and armored car company.
A business dispute now in the courts between two PRIVATE citizens.
Tell me again WHY Canadian taxpayers have any right to know any of this private business information and why we should pay millions to a bunch of lawyers about this when it has nothing to do with the government?
lorraine – I agree completely with your scenario. The whole thing has nothing to do with the government or with the citizens of Canada.
As I’ve said, my view is that the Liberals are collaborating with Schreiber, who is desperate to not face trial in Germany, and has contacted everyone and anyone in his attempt to remain in Canada.
The Liberals have obviously cooperated with Schreiber. Their task is to ensure that he remains in Canada. His task is to besmirch Mulroney and link Harper to Mulroney.
His task was via two steps. First, recant his earlier sworn testimony that his dealings with Mulroney were after Mulroney’s PM tenure, and were private business. Second, claim that he got Mulroney to get Harper involved in Schreiber’s agenda of remaining here, and, that he, Schreiber, wrote to Harper and that letter ‘involved’ Harper.
The Liberal task is to call for an inquiry that would require Schreiber’s presence in Canada.
Meanwhile, the Liberals would use their violation of the Charter to defame Mulroney, and their other violation, of Guilt by Association, to defame Harper.
That’s their agenda.
I think the Liberals have gotten themselves into trouble. They are doing ‘their bit’, they are screeching every hour that Harper ‘covered up’ getting the letters; that he refused to know that he received them..(see Robert Thibault, Liberal MP and his Star Wars claims above).
They are claiming that Mulroney is guilty (and being sued by Mulroney for that).
And, they are calling for Schreiber to be retained in Canada. But, Germany has undercut that; they want him back, and have said they’d cooperate with Canadian officials in the case of an inquiry.
I don’t think the Liberals want an inquiry. Duffy was promoting the position that the Germans have been trying to get him for 8 years…and would cooperate..and..so…
LindaL – Sorry, but I think your scenario is too speculative. We may be speculating, in part, on this thread, but at least we have some references to support our opinions (eg, Words and actions of Schreiber, Mulroney, Thibault, Dion, etc.).
From Dom Martin’s article in the National Post.
“This once-senior official insists all correspondence addressed to the prime minister is routinely forwarded to his office unless the sender falls into the “frequent wingnut” category.
While some may argue that shoe fits Mr. Schreiber, keep in mind most correspondence staff have been there since Jean Chretien was prime minister, and that unique name would still set off a rocket’s red glare for special attention.”
MOST CORROSPONDENCE STAFF HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE THE CRECTH WAS PM. Hmmmmm
From Don Martin’s article in the National Post.
“This once-senior official insists all correspondence addressed to the prime minister is routinely forwarded to his office unless the sender falls into the “frequent wingnut” category.
While some may argue that shoe fits Mr. Schreiber, keep in mind most correspondence staff have been there since Jean Chretien was prime minister, and that unique name would still set off a rocket’s red glare for special attention.”
MOST CORROSPONDENCE STAFF HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE THE CRECTH WAS PM. Hmmmmm
Brian has his Irish up, begorra. There will be more than overalls in Mr. Mulroney’s chowder.
Persons of Interest include: AdScam/Shawinigate Chretien, Gun-Blood Rock, top advisers (?), Herb Almost-Senator Gray. No mention of Paul, Jr. Spector is mentioned but not named. Ian MacDonald is chortling. Oh, there is also Fast Eddy trailing at the end of the MSM spinner.
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Those familiar with Mulroney interpret that to mean the former PM intends to drag all those he views as his tormentors through the wringer, including Chretien, his top advisers, Rock and former Liberal solicitor general Herb Gray.
“He has this theory that he was politically oppressed by Jean Chretien and oppressed by the media,” said Norman Spector, a former Mulroney chief of staff.
L. Ian MacDonald, a former Mulroney speech writer, added that Mulroney “means to put his accusers, every one of them, on the stand.”
But Eddie Goldenberg, a former top adviser to Chretien, said he can’t imagine how Mulroney intends to implicate the former Liberal government.
“In that (1997) settlement, he said very clearly there was no political interference… so I can’t understand why he’s saying today that there was.” …-
WEB UPDATE: Mulroney contradicts himself on Liberal vendetta
Thursday Nov15 2007
Joan Bryden, THE CANADIAN PRESS
Bruce Randall,
Don Martin is barking up the wrong tree, or perhaps barking up a tree that isn’t even there.
As the Slop and Pail’s Jeffrey Simpson pointed out it would have been very inappropriate for Harper to have seen the Schrieber stuff. Here’s the money quote:
The opposition parties, predictably, were all over the PM in the House yesterday because of a letter Mr. Schreiber had sent to Mr. Harper that the PM insists he did not see. In point of practice, Mr. Harper was right not to have been shown the letter – from someone (Mr. Schreiber) involved in a private lawsuit and facing extradition. Imagine the stink if Mr. Harper had seen the letter and intervened in any fashion whatsoever. Article here.
One could imagine Harper telling some minion, standing in his doorway with a file, that it is improper for the PM to read the Schrieber stuff and to put it away.
Which is ethically and legally exactly the right move.
I agree with Baril. Predict the money was not related to Airbus and that a whole lot of Liberals and their media fart catchers are going to rue the day they shook up this hornet’s nest. I hope Stevie Cameron and Rock have good liability insurance.
Exactly Bart F, what I see though is yet another example of a bureaucracy loaded with people from those dark thirteen years of Lie-beral rule.
The government stated that none of the senior people in the PCO ever saw the letter from Schreiber.
The so called “letter” from Schreiber was apparently routed to the beurocrats in the Dept. of Justice who were involved in his deportation.
It was added to the file that had amassed over the past 8 years of ranting letters and documents from this man who is devious and sly and has alraedy besmirched political leaders in Germany.
Also apparently this man has papered the country with letters to anyone and everyone who he thought could help him. There is a long list of “letters of support” he solicited from numerous politicians and business people. These too are in the files I weould guess and how many judges have had to wade through all of this garbled garbage from a desperate man.
The inquiry should include a team just going through that justice file and comparing the stories he has told since apparently this opportunist changes his tales when needed.
Do you really think that a sitting Prime mInister or ANY politicians should be copied in on the pleadings of a man trying to escape deportation?
Would that not be political interference? Is that what the Liberals want? Oh wait -yes it is. Dion et al want the Justice Minister to interfere and overide the courts to save their new best friend.
And, friends, WE the TAXPAYER get to pay for it. MILLIONS of dollars in wasted costs while our parliament gets nothing done on our behalf; MILLIONS more to pay the salivating lawyers on all sides; MILLIONS for Schreibers 8 years of abusing our courts to evade justice in Germany.
I am sickened – anybody else feel the same way?
Yes, Lorraine, You’re not alone, I’m sickened too.
Defamation of character law suits will be flying back and forth and the lawyers will make a fortune. Mulroney has begun already.
People should not be free to make unsubstaniated defamatory accusations and not pay a price–including politicians on political shows.
have faith in Harper, he will NOT let this inquiry drag on. short and sweet. show the librano dirt and carry on to bigger and better things
Two Different Worlds: Robert, The Blathering Librano$ and Karl, the Tongue-tied Schmuck.
Keep talking, idiots; the nooses are tightening ’round your tongues.
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Schreiber refuses to talk if he’s extradited
“Not one fucking word would I say,” Mr. Schreiber said from the Toronto West Detention Centre. “Not one word,” he repeated.
“Why would I care about the country any more? … Why would I care any longer?” …-
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20071116.SCHREIBER16/TPStory/National
MP Thibault: Mulroney can’t silence me
OTTAWA — Robert Thibault says Brian Mulroney is trying to silence him by suing him for comments he made recently about the former prime minister in connection with the Airbus scandal.
“I have no doubt that this form of legal action is attempting to intimidate (and make me) watch what I ask, the questions that I ask, what I can say,” Mr. Thibault said Thursday.
“And I mean it’s not very comfortable and I’m sure it may have effect on people but I can assure you that I will not be intimidated out of doing — exercising my responsibilities as a member of Parliament.” …-
http://thechronicleherald.ca/News/985239.html
And the RCMP go marealy along doing nothing