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[Bulsajo]

Semi-interesting viewpoint from Kirk Lapointe (yes, yes, I know- it's a loathesome 'Sun' source):

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[Moldy Rutabaga]

Seems like an unlikely source, the Sun.. usually they're a little centre-right to be supporting Newman like this.

>Give Newman full credit for building a friendship that yielded great candour.

I give him no credit. As MOR said, come on. Betraying your friend for a book sale is friendship? Lying about taping a conversation is candor? Waiting a decade until public interest has returned is a moral virtue?

Ken:>

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[RachaelRoo]

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[canuckistan]

Buls, did you read Newman's rebuttal to the brou ha ha over his book in the National Post the other day?

He sais that he actually left out the "really frank" parts of his interviews with Mulroo in his book (!)

I have no sympathy for Brian.

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[igotthisguitar]

Sleazy CTV Television backs "Slimy Crook" Brian Mulroney
26 Sep 2005

(Maybe one of the reasons Sleazy CTV Television backs "Slimy Crook" Brian Mulroney is because "Son of a Slime-Bag" Ben Muilroney works for CTV?!)

Revelations of Brian Mulroney's slimy character recently surfaced in the Newman's "The Secret Mulroney Tapes". These were recordings made by reporter Newman of Mulroney when he was P.M. Along with his shameless self-praise Mulroney was filled with festering rancor at any and all of his supposed enemies especially in Parliament and in the Canadian media.

Strangely CTV Television in reporting on the new Mulroney book brought on a spin doctor to do damage control for the disgraced former P.M. saying Mulroney made great contributions to Canada by bringing in the the Free Trade Deal and the Goods and Services Tax! Where was CTV getting its confirmation that these two Mulroney initiatives were successful? The Free Trade Deal may have helped and made rich producers even wealthier but it drove hundreds of thousands of Canadian jobs south to the U.S. and Mexico. At the time the NAFTA Free Trade was initiated it decimitated the job market in large Canadian manufacturing centers and provinces like Ontario.

As far as the GST tax pulling in a lot of money to the federal coffers, well it probably did but what were those $Billions used for? It certainly wasn't used to fund health care for Canadians and as a matter of fact after the implementation of the GST health care for Canadians ( especially under John Chretien and Paul Martin ) was rolled back and heavily restricted. What other programs for helping Canadians did Free Trade or the GST provide? Who knows but what we do know is that producers of raw materials in Canada got richer as hundreds of thousands of Canadian jobs went south.

Also we know that that the Federal coffers were overflowing from loot from the GST and Unemployment Insurance but who got any benefits out of those $Billions except maybe the big Canadian banks and companies who were allowed by their friends in Parliament to hold onto and use those $Billions to incease thier already massive wealth.

As far as sanitizing Brian Mulroney's sleazy, crooked political record,CTV and the rest of Canada's Right Wing media will have to do a lot more hard work because Mulroney's crimes are well recorded not only in the new Newman text but also in such books as: "On the Take - Crime, Corruption and Greed in the Mulroney Years" (still available on Amazon.ca) Why Brian Mulroney is not in federal prison for his numerous and egregious crimes is really only a testament to all the high placed people in government who wer as corrupt and "on the take" as he was! k.hawley

p.s.Brian Mulroney who loved praise and adulation "had" himself awarded the "Order of Canada" but this was after he had decimated the Progressive Conservative Party and gotten booted out of office! This was obviously pay-back from his big shot pals in govt. whose palms he greased.The question remains though and that is "Who would want to be in any club with the likes of Brian Mulroney?

Another question no one in the media or govt. is asking is "Where is the Justice in Canada" when a sleazy crook like Brian Mulroney can,when he was Prime Minister, corrupt and subvert the Canadian Govt.,like manipulating the Senate and the RCMP, quashing legal suits against him and intimidating and villifying witnesses plus giving favours like govt. contracts to his pals and getting huge kickbacks for them etc.etc. all for his own greedy purposes. If Mulroney can get away with and have immunity for his many heinous crimes why shouldn't evereybody do the same as him and forget about morality and law and order?

http://bc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/5442/index.php

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Mulroney sues Peter C. Newman, alleging misuse of confidential information
COLIN PERKEL
Thu Nov 24,10:58 PM ET

TORONTO (CP) - Brian Mulroney has filed a lawsuit against friend Peter C. Newman, accusing the celebrated Canadian author of turning dozens of private conversations with the former prime minister into "scandalous gossip" in his controversial new book.

In a statement of claim that portrays him as a man deeply betrayed by a longtime confidant, Mulroney argues that Newman violated their agreement by using more than 90 hours of tape-recorded discussions as the basis for his recent best-seller.

"Brian Mulroney and Peter Newman were friends," the statement of claim states.

"So trusting was their relationship that Mr. Mulroney came to regard Newman with the affection and respect normally reserved for an older brother."

The claim for misuse of confidential information, filed this week in Ontario Superior Court, traces a 35-year friendship during which Newman came to be regarded as part of the Mulroney family.

It's a relationship that crashed and burned with the publication two months ago of Newman's book, The Secret Mulroney Tapes: Unguarded Confessions of a Prime Minister.

The statement of claim describes the book as "instant" and alleges Newman embarked on an "artfully planned" publicity campaign after its publication that was "executed with uncommon duplicity."

Instead of using the materials for a serious book on Mulroney's political career, Newman imparted the information "like scandalous gossip in the nature of a 'confession,"' the claim says.

In an interview Thursday, Mulroney spokesman Luc Lavoie said the "carefully drafted" statement of claim speaks for itself, although he denied suggesting that Mulroney originally never intended to sue his estranged friend.

"I don't know that he ever said that he wouldn't sue," said Lavoie. "I don't think it was ever brought up."

Mulroney lawyer Ken Prehogan refused to comment on the statement of claim, while a spokesperson for lawyer Michael Levine, who represents Newman, said the author was out of the country and refused to discuss his defence tactics.

Statements of claim contain allegations that have not been proven in court. No statement of defence has yet been filed.

When the book was published, Mulroney blamed himself for having been so open.

"'I was reckless in talking with Peter C. Newman,"' Mulroney said at the time through spokesman Lavoie.

"'This was my mistake and I'm going to have to live with it."'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20051125/ca_pr_on_na/mulroney_sues_newman;_ylt=AuBQHeLZWRGvQ8jX716nvv9iyL4F;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OWI1ZGNqBHNlYwM3Mzc-

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...and in the remaining portion of the article, the Canadian Press said: