Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome to the committee, Mr. Mulroney. It is an honour to have a former prime minister appear before us.
You said in your opening remarks that it was difficult for you and your family to be affected again by all these questions and allegations. That is certainly understandable.
However, you must acknowledge that we are here today because of a mistake you admit you made—namely taking $300,000 in cash. As a result of that, Canadians generally and I myself have many questions.
Like Mr. Schreiber, you say that he never gave you any money from the Airbus deal, either directly or through others. However, one question remains. What happened to all the commissions paid by Airbus, MBB or Thyssen and how were they distributed in Canada? If you did not receive them, did people close to your government receive them? That is the question we have to continue to explore. I think—and you said this as well—that we need a public inquiry.
My questions have to do with Thyssen and your work for this company after stepping down as Prime Minister.
You indicated that you were working for Thyssen on international matters and not on domestic matters. Is that correct?