[Karlheinz Schreiber] is dismissing that explanation and holding firm on two points: He says he gave [Brian Mulroney] $300,000 -- not $225,000; and he brushed off the idea that he paid Mulroney to travel abroad. The ethics committee is looking into the Mulroney Airbus settlement and financial dealings between Mulroney and Schreiber. At the time of the settlement, the government didn't know that Mulroney had received any payments from Schreiber. In 1995, Mulroney told investigators under oath that he'd had no business dealings with Schreiber.
The allegations by Cadman's widow [Dona Cadman] provoked a strong denial by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. And two of Harper's close confidants, Doug Finley and Tom Flanagan, said they had only offered Cadman an uncontested Conservative nomination and "a competitive campaign in a general election" -- an offer some politicians scoffed at on grounds Cadman was nearly at death's door at the time and would not be contesting another election. Harper was quoted saying those who wanted to make an offer were legitimately representing the Conservative party and he advised them, "Don't press him, I mean you have this theory that it's, you know, financial insecurity... but I said 'Don't press it'. Ujjal Dosanjh, a Liberal MP who knows the Cadman family well, told reporters he considers Cadman's r...
Many Canadians who watched Mulroney's bravado-soaked performance before the House of Commons ethics committee on Thursday will recall how he demolished Turner with the famous line "You had an option, sir" when raking Turner over the coals about patronage.
Ethics charges are serious matters. It is one thing to do something wrong by mistake. It is another matter entirely when one does something wrong on purpose. The Appraisal Institute of Canada's Standards Committee is proposing to add the word 'knowingly' to certain Ethics Standards Rules. Ethics are a set of rules imposed by society to ensure that members of society act in a manner acceptable to society. Honesty and integrity are the cornerstones of ethical rules. Standards Rules, on the other hand, deal with issues of competency. Ethics Rule 4.2.4 does not require the word 'knowingly.' It states that "it is unethical for a member to act in a manner that is fraudulent.
[Karlheinz Schreiber] told the committee that in 1992 or early '93 he was directed by Fred Doucet, [Brian Mulroney]'s former chief of staff, to funnel Airbus funds to a Swiss bank account controlled by Mulroney's lawyer. Mulroney was still the prime minister at the time. What the hell has Mulroney to do with Airbus?" Schreiber recalled asking Doucet, who was working as a lobbyist by then. "In testimony before the ethics committee today, Mr. Schreiber alleged that I requested that he approach the late Frank Moores and the late Gary Ouelette to request that they forward monies held by G.C.I. to the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney to his alleged lawyer in Geneva. This statement is false," wrote Doucet.
Don't you think that within 20 minutes of that interview that [Karlheinz Schreiber] would have been saying: 'Hmm, the RCMP was here and they're asking me about [Brian Mulroney] again. What in the world?' And then the opposition would be saying that [Jean Chr]étien was trying to reopen the investigation. "I was astonished to learn about it this morning, to learn that news, because I didn't know," the Liberal premier told reporters in Quebec City after Schreiber told the Commons ethics committee he had given [Jean Charest]'s brother, Robert, $30,000 in cash to help out the candidate. Schreiber also told MPs he fully expected the donation would win him influence with someone "new" and "fresh" who would automatically become prime minister if he won the leadership.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion each issued fall election threats Tuesday and agreed to a meeting that could help determine whether Harper pulls the plug or Dion defeats the minority Conservative government after Parliament resumes Sept. 15. At a news conference Dion branded Van Loan's list "pathetic. Dion said the three crime bills are stalled in the Commons justice committee because the Conservative committee chair, Art Hanger, repeatedly shuts down the meetings when opposition MPs seek a vote to hold hearings on an alleged attempt to buy a vote from the late Chuck Cadman, an Independent MP, in 2005. He said recent allegations that the Conservatives instructed witnesses to withhold testimony from ethics committee hearings on alleged government election...
[Brian Mulroney] is required to be in Ottawa for a scheduled four-hour appearance on Thursday before the House of Commons ethics committee, which is airing allegations that [Karlheinz Schreiber], an international arms broker wanted in Germany on various charges, agreed to pay the prime minister to influence business contracts while Mulroney was still in office. Mulroney has denied the allegations and has said he looks forward to Thursday's session with the committee to tell his side.
It was defeated by a vote of 198-63, with only the NDP and Bloc Québécois supporting it. A Commons committee is urging a full public inquiry into the Mulroney-Schreiber affair -- but there's a split on how wide the mandate of the probe should be. Liberal, Bloc Québécois and NDP members of the ethics committee say Prime Minister [Stephen Harper] should set as broad a mandate as possible for the investigation.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper categorically denied anyone from his party offered Mr. Cadman a million-dollar inducement for his vote. Two party members who met with Mr. Cadman just hours before the vote have also denied the allegations, noting they offered to help Mr. Cadman in his election campaign should the government fall. Opposition MPs, however, appear to be convinced that something illegal transpired. They want to put the sensational claim on the floor of a parliamentary ethics committee meeting.
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