November 19, 2007

As the Conservative spin doctors do their work, keep the image of what went on in those hotel rooms front and centre in your mind, and wait for an explanation. Because Mulroney hasn't given one. The lack of this keeps us distracted from the central image in the Mulroney-Schreiber affair.

By Linda McQuaig


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But there's much more at stake here than money. What's at stake is the most basic public interest – whether Canadians can have confidence in the integrity of our political system.

As the inquiry proceeds, the Conservatives will attempt to muddy the waters with a barrage of partisan counterattacks. Mulroney will suck up precious air time casting himself as the injured party.

All this sound and fury is designed to distract us. Ignore it. What matters is what happened in those hotel rooms: a former prime minister, a lobbyist and $300,000 in cash.



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