CBC: Begin Mulroney-Schreiber inquiry immediately: ethics committee

[tuvor]

A federal ethics committee has called an end to its hearings on former prime minister Brian Mulroney's business dealings with Karlheinz Schreiber and is urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper begin a public inquiry as soon as possible.

The decision to end the hearings came Thursday as members met behind closed doors and voted to stop hearing from witnesses after a refusal by Mulroney, who testified before the panel in December, to return for a second round of questioning.

A brief preliminary report tabled by committee chair Paul Szabo on Friday stated that the panel has completed its examination of witnesses and recommended the government "immediately initiate a formal public inquiry into the Mulroney-Schreiber affair."

According to NDP MP Pat Martin, committee vice-chair, the prime minister said that he would rather wait for the committee's full report to be released, which Szabo said should take two to three weeks.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/02/29/mulroney-schreiber.html

[daleo]

1. The Ethics committee will have to get busy with the Harper-Cadman bribery scandal

So many Conservative scandals, so little time.