Mr. Schreiber, we want to know if, during the 1993 election campaign, you made a $500,000 payment to Mr. Marc Lalonde. If such is the case, what were the reasons for this payment? We would like to know when and where you met Mr. Lalonde.
We want to know why you made a $10,000 donation to the Liberal Party of Canada in 1993.
We especially want to know what you mean in the letter you sent. You state that Brian Mulroney is an excellent advocate. The Act respecting the Barreau du Québec sets out, in its regulations, very strict rules for lawyers charging fees to clients. The term “advocate“, in the English version of the Loi sur le Barreau, is reserved for members of the Bar.
In using the term “advocate“ to describe Mr. Mulroney's work, are you inferring that he did the work of a lawyer? If so, that might imply all sorts of things, because there are provisions of the Code of ethics of advocates that prohibit one from giving false evidence. There are rules that very clearly prescribe the way one must maintain one's bookkeeping and invoicing.
We will have to know if Mr. Mulroney had the slightest pretence of acting as an advocate, within the meaning given to the term in the Act respecting the Barreau du Québec.