Mulroney - Schreiber Inquiry Backfires

Interesting developments with the Mulroney - Schreiber inquiry. The Liberals wanted this to become the Conservative version of a sponsorship scandal; they were even ready to let go of their claims that the new Conservative party is nothing but a reincarnation of the good old Canadian Alliance (oh, I wish!) and started portraying Harper as Mulroney's direct successor...

Then suddenly it turns out that Liberals too benefited from Schreiber's generosity.

When Pierre Trudeau's Liberals were in power, Mr. Schreiber established connections with a powerful cabinet minister from Nova Scotia, Allan MacEachen and with the former Liberal cabinet minister from Quebec, Marc Lalonde. Mr. Schreiber retained the services of Mr. Lalonde in 1993 when he sought to build a tank manufacturing plant for the Thyssen company in Montreal. In return, Mr. Lalonde agreed to pledge $100,000 security deposit during the hearings concerning Mr. Schreiber's extradition to Germany where he had to face charges of fraud and tax evasion.

Mr. MacEachen, for his part wrote a letter in an attempt to convince the court that Mr. Schreiber should be released without charges by Canadian authorities.

In 1993, the year when Jean Chretien's Liberals took power, Bear Head Industries Limited, a company owned by Mr. Schreiber, poured $10,000 into the campaign fund of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Source (in French)

Not sure which party will end up in bigger mess after this, but if thanks to the inquiry we kick out a few more crooks out of the Commons - that would worth the efforts (and all the money spent on the inquiry).