Brian Mulroney was in his best form this past week when told the House of Commons Ethics Committee that his biggest mistake was allowing himself to be introduced to Karlheinz Schreiber. “My second-biggest mistake in life, for which I have no one to blame but myself, is having accepted payments in cash from Karlheinz Schreiber for a mandate he gave me after I left office.”
Lying Brian is at it again and he expects that by bullying bluster the public and the law will accept his “apology”. His apology in his best feigned heartfelt manner reminds me of the proverbial kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar after having just stuffed his shirt and pockets with enough cookies to make them bulge-obvious. “I apologize! I apologize! I apologize for having my hand in the cookie jar.” Never mind the cookies that he’s hidden about himself.
It is a major stretch that Mulroney was a acting with the best intentions when he hid the $225,000 in three separate bank safety deposit boxes in as many cities. (The $225,000 figure is taking him at his doubtful word; Schreiber says it was $300,000 but who wants to quibble about $75,000.) By taking and then hiding the money it calls to mind another game that is endearing when played by two-year-olds who will hide their heads under a blanket and think you can’t see them.
But Mulroney is not a two-year-old and he has proven that he’s not one to be believed, Let justice prevail. And while doing so, there’s the matter of Karlheinz Schreiber.
Looking forward
Carl Dow
Editor and Publisher
True North Perspective