When the letter of request came to Switzerland, I saw a paragraph there referring to information from Mr. Norman Spector, who once used to be a chief of staff in the PMO, that Mr. Mulroney had cancelled the project for Thyssen. When I saw this first in the letter of request I thought that he sent this to protect himself, but I didn't understand properly what the reason was. But when I learned later on that all of this was true, through statements from Norman Spector, and I looked at the timetable of when that happened, I got so mad I cannot even tell you how mad I became. Each and every one of us felt like crooks towards Thyssen, because Mr. Mulroney made all the statements and commitments to the Thyssen representatives. Even today, when I think about it I have a problem not to bring up in front of you.
On November 29th, 2007. See this statement in context.