User talk:FrankEldonDixon

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If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Cheers, FrankEldonDixon, Kingston, Canada, 17:39 p.m., November 16, 2007, GMT +5 FrankEldonDixon 22:38, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Brian Mulroney, former Canadian Prime Minister]] 1984-1993, could potentially face criminal charges, resulting from new information in the ongoing Airbus affair and over his dealings with German-Canadian dealmaker Karlheinz Schreiber. Mulroney sued the Canadian government and won a $2.1 million judgment in 1997, but events and revelations since have shown that he was less than truthful dealing with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and with courtroom matters there. Mulroney did not tell the RCMP or the court that he had received $300,000 in cash payments from Schreiber in 1993-1994, shortly after he left office. Had this information been available at the time, it would likely have had a decisive effect on the outcome. So, this is possibly 'obstruction of justice' and 'perjury', both of which are indictable offenses under Canadian law. If this is the case, then the obtained judgment could also be a 'fraud' offense, which is also indictable. He may have to repay that money (plus interest), and also could be on the hook for court costs, which were large, for bringing a fraudulent lawsuit. Not only could he be facing potential jail sentences of several years, but as a practicing Canadian lawyer, being convicted of an indictable offense could mean that he would almost certainly be disbarred from practicing law. This is a new angle on the case, one I have not seen covered in any other media sources.


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Brian Mulroney and the Airbus affair
OK, I have been regularly updating the wiki pages on Karlheinz Schreiber, the Airbus affair, and Brian Mulroney for more than a month, and have also added new pages for authors on these people, such as William Kaplan and L. Ian MacDonald. I also improved pages on people such as Gerald Doucet, Fred Doucet, Frank Moores, Francis Fox, Stevie Cameron, Elmer MacKay, Peter MacKay, Franz Josef Strauss, Joe Clark, David Lloyd Johnston, and others. There is much more work to do on new articles on other figures in the case, such as Michel Cogger and Roger Nantel, for whom there are currently no articles. There has been a public inquiry called by Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Schreiber has been appearing before the Canadian House of Commons Ethics Committee for the past two weeks, with some pretty incredible testimony, which has been front-page news in Canada and also getting high billing on tv and radio newscasts. The story is already very big, and is about to get enormous, as Brian Mulroney, Canadian Prime Minister from 1984-1993, is set to appear tomorrow in front of the Ethics Committee; this is apparently the first time that a former Canadian PM has been called before Parliament to answer on scandal charges. The case has been in the public forum for 20 years. The accusations against Mulroney are very serious, and there are potential criminal charges against him and others, an overturning of Mulroney's libel judgement, and other unforseen possibilities.

So, I think this is worthy of increased visibility, and yet I don't feel qualified myself to take this on, at least not on my own. The case is extraordinarily complex, not a good omen for a first-time contributor for wikinews.

FrankEldonDixonFrankEldonDixon 1912, 12 December 2007 (UTC) FrankEldonDixon 00:12, 13 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, I got your message. It does seem that some major testimony will take place tomorrow (well today UTC). I will set up a developing article with a few background sources. I will link it to you here, so you know where to contribute. Be sure to add sources for the information that you add. Cheers, link to follow in a bit. --SVTCobra 01:44, 13 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Take a look at Brian Mulroney testifies before House of Commons in Canada and see if that is something you can work with. Cheers, --SVTCobra 02:09, 13 December 2007 (UTC)