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14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Unbelievable · 0 replies · +1 points

Mulroney also felt it was perfectly reasonable to leave hundreds of thousands of dollars lying around at his residences and/or safety deposit boxes. Get real, Ask Bill Gates or Warren Buffett if they leave hundreds of thousands of dollars sitting around in this fashion. Answer: No. They, like all other above-board businesspeople, at a minimum, keep this kind of money in an interest yielding instrument like short term bonds, other money market vehicles, or even a chequing account (in fact, they would surely not accept busness transaction payments like this in cash to begin with, so the point is basically moot). I am sure Gates and Buffett, like all other human beings, keep a reasonable amount of cash in their wallets and use debit cards, credit cards, cheques, bank drafts, bank wire transfers, etc. when transacting in significant amounts of money. Give your head a shake George and join us here in reality.

14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Unbelievable · 1 reply · +1 points

Are you kidding George...? Mulroney claiming he made an "error in judgement" in taking $75,000 in cash not once, not twice, but on three separate occasions...? Name me a reputable businessman / consultant who does this...? Mulroney was not some naive farmboy new to the ways of big city business. He was a former prime minister of Canada and lawyer who was well versed in the ways of business. To claim he made an 'error in judgement' on three separate occasions is outrageous, period. He and Schrieber knew very well what they were doing: not leaving any paper trail with regard to their dealings.

14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Unbelievable · 2 replies · +1 points

I think the time and expense of this inquiry (and any subsequent court proceedings that may arise from the Justice's recommendations) is worth the money spent.

If we wish to be a modern, just society, we must demonstrate that no citizen, even if he/she is or was the prime minister of the country, is above the law and will be called to account for his/her actions should there be reasonable grounds to investigate such a matter. Mr. Mulroney's ridiculous performance at the Inquiry should be reason enough to conduct further court initiatives to try and find out what really happened.

The ironic thing about this is that Mr. Mulroney has tarnished his 'legacy' further by making these outrageous claims about what transpired in his cash-pocketing adventures with Mr. Schrieber. I suspect if he had just come clean, told the truth about the matter, and asked Canadians for forgiveness, his reputation and image in the eyes of citizens (which his is apparently obsessed with) may have been considerably enhanced. However, perhaps the whole truth is so appalling that he simply couldn't level with us on the matter as it may have been too unforgiveable and/or criminal...?

14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Unbelievable · 0 replies · +1 points

I'd like to make one other point if I may:

Regarding Mr. Mulroney's response in the Airbus inquiry that he met Mr. Schrieber on occasion "...for coffee": Mulroney knew exactly what he was doing here: If he had just answered yes, he had met with Mr. Schrieber before, the logical follow up question that surely would have been asked would have been "What took place at those meetings?". The sly Mulroney, by adding "....for coffee" in his initial reply, was pre-empting the follow up question by giving this as the "reason" up front. But of course, when Mulroney was testifying, he knew that the main event at that meeting was the transfer of an envelope stuffed with cash, not that they may have had coffee when the cash exchanged hands. Mulroney's answer is akin to a couple of hitmen discussing a future hit at a pub claiming that the reason for their meeting was to drink a couple of beers together.

14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Unbelievable · 0 replies · +2 points

Bravo Mr. Coyne! Well done! Canadians owe you a debt of gratitude for the articulate and thorough manner in which you have laid out the case for pursuing this matter further and calling Mr. Mulroney onto the carpet for his truly "unbelieveable" performance at the Inquiry.

Here are the types of people or "businessmen" who deal in large sums of cash with no records / receipts / documentation to verify their transactions:

1) Drug dealers and their customers.

2) People who sell stolen merchandise out of the back of a truck in an alley and their customers.

3) Other national or international figures who are committing crimes.

4) Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada.

In other words, people deal in large sums of cash with no records or documentation for one reason: They know they are doing something illegal and/or unethical and they do not want others to find out about it.

I am embarrassed that Mr. Mulroney was once the prime minister of my country, and I have absolutely no respect for the man.