If Commissioner Jeffrey Oliphant puts the boots to Brian Mulroney for  massive dissembling on the witness stand, the former PM will be in no position to complain. Oliphant made sure of that Wednesday. As Mulroney ended six days of testimony,  the commissioner put one final question to him:
Mr. Mulroney, you've been on the stand for, I think, the longest of any witness I have either been involved in as a lawyer or in 24 years as a judge. I want to assure myself, before you leave, sir, that you feel, despite probing questions that may have been asked, that you leave here feeling that you've been treated fairly and with respect.
The former Prime Minister, under investigation for accepting unmarked, cash-stuffed envelopes from a foreign lobbyist shortly after leaving office, responded unctuously:
21 May, 2009