Toronto Star: Bad day for Mulroney is good day for Liberals

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Liberals want Mulroney to give back the $2 million he got from them

OTTAWA—Thirteen years ago, the federal Liberal government handed over $2 million and an apology to former prime minister Brian Mulroney for damage done to his reputation.

Now, in the wake of a damning report on the cloudy business dealings of Mulroney and the now-imprisoned German lobbyist Karlheinz Schreiber, Liberals want their money back. Or, more correctly, they think Canadians should get their money back.

“Mr. Mulroney received a $2.1 million settlement from Canadians after he claimed, under oath, that he had no business relationship with Karlheinz Schreiber. Justice Oliphant called Mr. Mulroney’s excuses ‘patently absurd,’ ” Liberal MP Siobhan Cody said in the Commons on Monday.

“Will the government immediately launch legal proceedings to recover the $2.1 million and launch a broader inquiry to finally get to the bottom of the Airbus affair?”

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