'Straight out of Kafka:' Mulroney lashes out at the federal government's allegations
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Mulroney strongly denied allegations that he accepted kickbacks from the sale of Airbus jets to Air Canada in 1988. He made these statements during pretrial hearings at his $50 million libel suit against the Canadian government. He compared the handling of the investigation to fascism.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1996
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Loose ends dangle from the Airbus story
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There was a flurry of news reports when former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against the Justice Dept. over allegations in the Airbus-Air Canada scandal. But few journalists have covered the investigation in the depth it deserves.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1996
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Is Ottawa's Airbus case nuts, or what?
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Mulroney's lawsuit is historic for a number of odd reasons. The fact that a former prime minister is suing his successor government is odd, and a proposition advanced in the media suggests that Mulroney may have leaked the documents that allegedly libelled him.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1996
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