This story never ends.
Now, we're back in 1983, at the time of the Joe Clarck putch. Why? Because according to Karlheinz Schreiber, part of the money used by Brian Mulroney to transport anti-Clark delegates from Quebec to the PC convention in Winnipeg came from himself; the late Franz Josef Strauss, the chairman of Airbus Industrie; and probably from Mr. Strauss's political party, the Christian Social Union.
Well... big deal...
Regardless of Mr. Scheiber's allegations, that fact is that politics then weren't as transparent as they are now. There was no donor's list and few accountability measures; Money -cash- was always floating around.
This is no longer the case. Lobbyist are now watched very tightly and cash can't move around like it use to. We should applaud this new reality.
Even if it turns out that Karlheinz Schreiber was saying nonsense all through the questionings, he will nevertheless have highlighted the stark contrast between the obscure Ottawa of yesterday which he worked in and the much clearer Ottawa of today.
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