Angry in the Great White North

With Prime Minister Stephen Harper's announcement that there would be a third-party investigation into the circumstances of former prime minister Brian Mulroney's dealings with businessman Karlheinz Schreiber, the Liberals under Stephane Dion have been demanding a full-blown judicial inquiry:

New information that Prime Minister Stephen Harper had access to key details of the Mulroney-Schreiber affair for seven months, but failed to act on them until an affidavit became public through the media underscores the need for a full judicial inquiry, Liberal Leader Stephane Dion said today.

Well, Brian Mulroney himself is calling Stephane Dion out:

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is demanding a full public inquiry into the so-called Airbus Affair, saying it is the only way he can clear his name once and for all and find out who is behind the "vendetta" that has dogged him for more than a dozen years since leaving office.

"I have come to the conclusion that in order to finally put this matter to rest and expose all the facts and the role played by all the people involved, from public servants to elected officials, from lobbyists to the police authorities, as well as journalists, the only solution is for the government to launch a full-fledged public commission of inquiry which would cover the period from 1988 to today," he said in a statement Monday.

"Only then will the whole truth be finally exposed and tarnished reputations restored."

The last time the Liberals investigated Brian Mulroney, it cost Canadians $2 million when Brian Mulroney successfully sued the government.

It sounds like Brian Mulroney is looking forward to winning round two:

The former prime minister said he would co-operate fully with the independent investigator named by Harper but believes a full inquiry is necessary.

Luc Lavoie, the former prime minister's longtime spokesman said that Mulroney believes journalists should be called to the stand at the public inquiry he envisions, since the media keeps digging up allegations against him, each time he is able to lay old ones to rest.

"He has come to the conclusion that this is the only way that his name will be cleared once and for all and that we'll find out who was behind the vendetta," Lavoie said.

"We want to know everything. All the facts, all the truth everything... who is behind all this, what it's all about."

Here's my hope:

1. That Brian Mulroney is absolved of any wrongdoing.
2. That in doing so, the Liberals don't end up costing Canadians millions more.

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