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Brian Mulroney

Martin Brian Mulroney, PC, CC, GOQ was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement and the Goods and Services Tax, and the rejection of constitutional reforms such as the Meech Lake Accord and the Charlottetown Accord. Prior to his political career, he was a prominent lawyer and businessman in Montreal. » Read more on Wikipedia.org

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Full Pundit: What's $90000 between friends?
2013-05-17
Former Brian Mulroney chief of staff David McLaughlin, writing in The Globe and Mail, believes “it's unique in Ottawa annals to have a prime minister's chief of staff insert himself so personally, as opposed to politically, to resolve a political ...
(National Post)

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    Manitoba aboriginal leader Elijah Harper dies
    2013-05-17
    Brian Mulroney, who was prime minister at the time, was applying pressure on dissenting premiers to go along with the accord by approving it in their legislatures. Voting in Manitoba came late in the national debate. Harper refused to allow legislature ...
    (globalnews.ca)
    1. Elijah Harper, First Nations leader who brought down Meech Lake, dies at 64
    2. Reflecting on Elijah Harper - First Perspective
    3. 'No:' Elijah Harper, who scuttled Meech Lake, dies at age 64 - Ottawa Citizen

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    Wright, Duffy: When the chief of staff becomes the story
    2013-05-17
    A scandal across the street in the Senate has now been brought into the PMO. LBJ had another saying about politics: “While you're saving your face, you're losing your ass.” David McLaughlin was chief of staff to former prime minister Brian Mulroney.
    (Globe and Mail)

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      Even in cynical Ottawa, the Mike Duffy Senate-spending scandal is shameful ...
      2013-05-17
      In 2009 former prime minister Brian Mulroney was pilloried, then set on an ice floe and gently pushed seaward by the current prime minister, for having accepted large cash payments from a German businessman, Karlheinz Schreiber, after he, Mulroney ...
      (Ottawa Citizen)
      1. Nigel Wright has 'full confidence' of PM after Duffy cheque
      2. Harper's right-hand man claims 'ethical wall' - Edmonton Journal
      3. Accountability anyone?

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      Wealthy chief of staff, who gave Senator $90000, is well known for his ...
      2013-05-15
      He remains one of the most high-profile alumni of the now-defunct Tory youth wing, and he played a role in Brian Mulroney's successful leadership bid, before serving as executive assistant to Mr. Mulroney's Environment Minister, Tom McMillan. “Nigel is ...
      (National Post)
      1. Ethics watchdog to review Harper aide's $90000 gift to Duffy
      2. Nigel Wright, Stephen Harper's right-hand man, faced conflict-of-interest ...
      3. PM's chief of staff paid off Mike Duffy's Senate expenses

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      Andrew Cohen: The listless Conservatives at midterm
      2013-05-15
      Brian Mulroney embraced free trade and introduced the Goods and Services Tax. Jean Chrétien eliminated the deficit and passed the Clarity Act. Stephen Harper? Oh, he lowered taxes. He made the public service more accountable. He strengthened the ...
      (Victoria Times Colonist)

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        Attack Ads Put a Black Eye on Canadian Politics
        2013-05-14
        Later the Liberals launched attack ads against Brian Mulroney, and the Conservatives regarding the NAFTA agreement in 1988. Jean Chretien was later the target for Progressive Conservative attack ads in 1993, asking whether or not Chretien looked like a ...
        (Enfield Weekly Press)

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          Prime Minister Expected To Conduct 'Major' Cabinet Shuffle This Summer
          2013-05-13
          This shuffle will be reminiscent of the Brian Mulroney exodus of political crooks who all jumped off the sinking ship (Mazankowski, Wilson etc) about the same time in 93. Peter MacKay gone for not doing the Trudeau "hate" mass mailing and is to be ...
          (Huffington Post Canada)

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            Canadians pay tribute to Peter Worthington
            2013-05-13
            "Peter was a major player in the modern history of Canadian journalism," former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said Monday. "The Sun came out, and it was cheeky, irreverent, funny, entertaining and highly popular. Peter was one of the key reasons why ...
            (Sarnia Observer)

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