R.I.P. Brian Mulroney..the Chin
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I was peripherally 'involved' in the PC party as a young up and comer in the early 90's. Knew several MP's but never met Mulroney. Not very likably by many, not popular in the end of his term but I respected him for what I see as loyal public service to his country. He did unpopular things like the GST but I believe he had Canada's best interests at heart. My (then) export business was killed off overnight with the GST replacing the FST but I realized that it was a better, more equitable system.
"It is clearly not popular, but we're doing it because it's right for Canada. It must be done,"
-Brian Mulroney on introducing the GST
I hope that history looks kindly on his public service to Canada.
EDITED with strikethrough because I just remembered the Airbus bribe. Fuck him and the Karlheinz Schreiber he rode out on.
"It is clearly not popular, but we're doing it because it's right for Canada. It must be done,"
-Brian Mulroney on introducing the GST
EDITED with strikethrough because I just remembered the Airbus bribe. Fuck him and the Karlheinz Schreiber he rode out on.
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Sneaky guy who took bride in $100 notes as ex-PM
and shamelessly sued RCMP (or cdn government?)
for probing into his corruption.
and shamelessly sued RCMP (or cdn government?)
for probing into his corruption.
Mulroney took a bribe of $225,000 in $1,000 bills from Airbus and related companies in 1995. Also involved was Premier Frank Moores.The Liberals accused him of such in the Commons. Indignantly Mulroney sued for more than $50 million. Alan Rock, that useless horse-faced bastard of a justice minister , settled with Mulroney for $2.1 million. After that, it was reported that Mulroney filed a T1Adj form with CRA reporting the $225,000 bribe to be added to his income on his recently filed tax return.
He had the gall to sue when he was caught and somehow, he won. No doubt, he used part of the settlement to pay his additional tax and interest. He was a POS as the PM, creating additional gun control, the despised Meech Lake Accord, the punishing Free Trade Accord and the hated GST.
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It was wayyyyyyyy more than the $225,000.00! Even Schreiber said $300k was for Airbus and another $200k for something to do with Germany and/or some light armoured vehicle deal. Schreiber sued him over that I think.
And that doesn't include the Swiss Bank account that Schreiber opened for Mulroney!
Somehow I doubt there will be non partisan memories here.
He’s mostly remembered for Air bus. However relative to today’s ( say 2006-present) scandals it was pocket change. lol like wtf. Seriously lol, like
WTF! Maybe voters in the 90s knew when to kick people out of the hen house vs voters of a generation later.
GST
I’m guessing people forget or don’t know about debt. Nor do they recall Chrétien promised to scrap it like a carbon tax. Then realized there was too much living on deficits and debt. Thankfully though it took painful austerity measures, Chrétien tamed that beast unlike Liberals of 2006-2024. Who haven’t learned lessons from Rae, McWynne, JT and think the sun rises in west.
I kinda think like most he did some good and some bad. Then there are a few/handful that are basically disasters. Perhaps something a little less partisan, that takes a lot of stuff into account and sorely needed perspective.
policyoptions.irpp.org
I’ll step on a limb and suggest clearly people don’t know their histories nor have they learned from them. Because there is a lot in that, beyond just living off of deficits, that is resurfacing/echoing today. Not the least of which is.
He’s mostly remembered for Air bus. However relative to today’s ( say 2006-present) scandals it was pocket change. lol like wtf. Seriously lol, like
WTF! Maybe voters in the 90s knew when to kick people out of the hen house vs voters of a generation later.
GST
I’m guessing people forget or don’t know about debt. Nor do they recall Chrétien promised to scrap it like a carbon tax. Then realized there was too much living on deficits and debt. Thankfully though it took painful austerity measures, Chrétien tamed that beast unlike Liberals of 2006-2024. Who haven’t learned lessons from Rae, McWynne, JT and think the sun rises in west.
I kinda think like most he did some good and some bad. Then there are a few/handful that are basically disasters. Perhaps something a little less partisan, that takes a lot of stuff into account and sorely needed perspective.
The Mulroney years: Transformation and tumult
Brian Mulroney has died. In this 2003 essay, political scientist Kim Richard Nossal analyzed his legacy.
policyoptions.irpp.org
I’ll step on a limb and suggest clearly people don’t know their histories nor have they learned from them. Because there is a lot in that, beyond just living off of deficits, that is resurfacing/echoing today. Not the least of which is.
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I met him once. He was really quite charming. At the time I thought he was trying too hard to ingratiate himself with Reagan and the Americans but in hindsight his policies for the most part were right for Canada and I was wrong. The Airbus affair was a stain on an otherwise good legacy.
Mulroney was not a Conservative. He was a Progressive Conservative. His policies were not conservative. His policies were identical to those of the John Turner Liberals.
