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.
4:40 p.m.
NDP
Joe Comartin NDP Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
All right. Did you have to make a request in advance for that?
4:40 p.m.
NDP
Joe Comartin NDP Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
They had it on deposit. You didn't have to make a special request?
4:40 p.m.
As an Individual
No.
The problem was never there. The problem was here. When I came the first time with this $1,000 bill and went to the bank, the manager didn't accept it. Mr. MacKay had to call whether the.... Canada is a cuckoo country when the banks won't even accept a $1,000 bill.
It's not a problem in Germany or in Switzerland. You have $1,000 notes all over the place. And the Swiss give you these, because you are not running around with $20 bills in a rucksack when you travel. They give you the biggest bills they have, which you have in small envelopes. It's nothing special at all.
4:45 p.m.
NDP
Joe Comartin NDP Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
All right. Each time you made the payments, you brought that money into the country from Zurich.
4:45 p.m.
NDP
Joe Comartin NDP Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
And each time, according to what you told Mr. Ménard, you did not declare that as you crossed into Canadian territory.
4:45 p.m.
NDP
Joe Comartin NDP Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
All right, I want to switch for a minute.
You had commenced this lawsuit against Mr. Mulroney, alleging in the lawsuit that he did not perform any service for the funds rendered to him.
4:45 p.m.
NDP
Joe Comartin NDP Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
That lawsuit has been dismissed on the basis that the Province of Ontario does not have jurisdiction. Is that correct?
4:45 p.m.
As an Individual
Yes. If I had started it in Quebec, he might have said I'd have to go to Ontario. Now I sue him in Quebec, so what's the difference?
4:45 p.m.
NDP
Joe Comartin NDP Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
All right.
You're not appealing the decision in Ontario, dismissing it?
4:45 p.m.
As an Individual
No. For me it's an advantage to go to Quebec, by the way. It's something to do with time limitations.
4:45 p.m.
NDP
Joe Comartin NDP Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
All right. I'm not going to get into the technicalities of it.
With regard to the lawsuit you did commence in Ontario, at any time--and I'm not sure you had the opportunity, Mr. Schreiber, but I'm asking--did you seek from Mr. Mulroney his tax records for the period of time when he would have received this money from you?