Evidence of meeting #18 for Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was schreiber.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Liberal
Charles Hubbard Liberal Miramichi, NB
For an individual, Mr. Schreiber, with such impeccable work that you have these great documents—
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Liberal
Charles Hubbard Liberal Miramichi, NB
—why can't you document to our committee where all this money went?
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As an Individual
Sir, this is so simple. All the documents are bank documents and they are all in the possession of the RCMP and of the German authorities. So there is no secret about where the money went.
The point, what you don't understand, is very simple. All the money was GCI money. That's number one. Then it was split with the Europeans and the Canadians, because the Europeans wanted something from the cake, and this involved some politicians in France and in Germany.
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Liberal
Charles Hubbard Liberal Miramichi, NB
I'm running out of time, but we were told this afternoon that Mr. MacKay lost $200,000 in one of your deals, with you.
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As an Individual
No, that's not what he said. He said he invested in a company in Seattle, and I did the same, and we both lost money there. It was not my company.
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Liberal
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As an Individual
No, he did the deal with a guy who was the big champion from Starbucks. You've got it wrong, sir, I apologize.
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As an Individual
No, I was in the same position as he was. We both invested in that company.
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As an Individual
Yes. The company was Pallino, and the name was Harry Roberts. He was the one who did Starbucks with Howard Schultz.
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Conservative
David Tilson Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Mr. Pratte, who is Mr. Mulroney's lawyer, wrote the committee a letter dated February 22. You may or may not have seen that, but I'm going to read you a couple of things from it and ask for your comments.
He says, referring to Mr. Doucet's evidence:
...Mr. Mulroney presented Mr. Schreiber with a detailed oral briefing when they met in New York on December 8, 1994, in the presence of Mr. Doucet (a fact which Mr. Doucet confirmed when he testified before the Ethics Committee recently).
Do you have any comment on that?
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As an Individual
I heard that he was sitting for one and a half hours at the table and didn't know it was Mr. Mulroney I was talking about. That is what he said.
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Conservative
David Tilson Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Well, I guess the question is, sir, do you agree that Mr. Mulroney gave you an oral briefing at that meeting?
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As an Individual
Nothing at all. He had diarrhea, and when he got the money, he took the paper, and Doucet looked out of the window. He grabbed it and went to the washroom. So this is what it was.
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Conservative
David Tilson Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON
So you disagree with that.
Mr. Pratte also says in the letter:
On at least two occasions Mr. Schreiber wrote Mr. Mulroney highly complimentary letters regarding his services and talents, copies of which have already been provided to the Ethics Committee.
Do you know anything about that?
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As an Individual
Are you speaking about the letter I sent him after he attended the funeral of Ronald Reagan?
