I think it was part and parcel of his strategy to dupe certain members of this committee and two important media institutions, to assist him in his ultimate objective to avoid deportation to Germany--where, as people have said, once his two feet touch German soil, he will never again have any freedom.
But your question, sir, is very important, because it says “What did he do for the money?” And why, 14 years later--again, that's 14 years later--did he sue me? Let me tell you very briefly, if I may, what he was saying just three years ago.
He sued me as part of his strategy to excite interest in Canada with false statements about Mr. Harper, who had nothing to do with anything, and with false statements about me to attract attention. I mean, what better way to do it than to accuse a Prime Minister and a former Prime Minister of impropriety and get the feeding frenzy going in the media?
Listen to this, an unsolicited letter--and I will have copies for you, sir--from Mr. Schreiber:
July 22, 2004 Dear Brian, Friends from around the world called and told me that they never understood better than now why I like the man Brian Mulroney even more than the Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. It is the quality of the human being which counts most in life. Your performance at President Ronald Reagan's funeral, “I say 'au revoir' today to a gifted leader, historic president and gracious human being”, has put you to the top of respect and admiration around the world.
Then, lo and behold, I get another letter from Mr. Schreiber in July of 2004:
Dear Brian, “Now he's got power”. Is Brian Mulroney Canada's greatest deal broker? Ever? I say: Yes! I saw it already coming when I met you at Harrington Lake. Since the Reagan funeral, in my opinion, your personal power increased even more and so do your personal obligations to the world. Fate plays an important role in the life of human beings. We know this. Nobody can escape fate. Fate has put you in my opinion in a position where you are able to help the human beings, especially the children of North America and around the world, in a dramatic way and your skill may put you in a special historical place and win a Nobel Peace Prize.
He concludes:
Dear Brian, with your help and the support of Mr. Bill Gates or the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation we should be able to help fighting the Obesity Epidemic in the U.S.A.
This relates directly to the anti-obesity pasta file.
The involvement of Mr. Gates would be to help financing the Pasta-Machines for the schools. I am convinced that the project will impress you and find your interest to help the children.
This is in 2004. He says I'm the greatest guy in the world. I'll admit that this is not a universally held opinion, but it's interesting that it's his. He knows that I know Bill Gates, and here he is asking me to intervene with Gates, or the Gates foundation, in this regard.