On ne dit pas mon corridor, mais mon corps se repose. <robertpeffers@aol.com> a écrit dans le message de news: 72f7dbe4-1941-4a30-92e8-ebf6bc595f30@o6g2000hsd.googlegroups.com... > BREAKING NEWS: Mulroney and Harper government linked to shady Quebecor > Media deal > > Mulroney talked to Tory cabinet minister on behalf of Quebecor: CBC > News > Last Updated: Thursday, November 29, 2007 | 10:22 PM ET > CBC News > > Former prime minister Brian Mulroney talked to the current > Conservative government on behalf of a company that could benefit from > Ottawa's decision to open up the wireless industry to more > competition, CBC News has learned. > > Mulroney played an active role in bringing together former industry > minister Maxime Bernier and Pierre Karl Peladeau, CEO of Quebecor > Media, CBC News has learned. Mulroney is on the board of directors for > Quebecor Media. > > Sources say earlier this year, Mulroney asked Bernier to meet with > Peladeau. The request was made during a conversation on a range of > topics. > > During their chat, Mulroney reminded Bernier of Quebecor's strong > belief that the government should allow new players into the telecom > sector, something sources say Bernier was opposed to. > > Mulroney did not argue those finer points of the case with Bernier. He > asked only that Bernier meet with Peladeau. > > Sources say they eventually met. In fact, the minister met with > representatives of all the telecom companies. > > In the end, Bernier didn't make the decision on telecoms because he > was shuffled to foreign affairs. > > On Wednesday, the Conservative government paved the way for new > cellphone companies by announcing new rules for an auction of radio > airwaves designed to spur competition in the wireless industry. > Analysts expect Quebecor will be one of the companies to enter the > auction. > > The meeting between Bernier and Peladeau took place before Harper > ordered members of his government to cease having dealings with > Mulroney. Harper issued that order after he said his government would > consider a public inquiry into the allegations made by Karlheinz > Schreiber against Mulroney. > > Under the Lobbyists Registration Act, Mulroney would be entitled to > lobby elected officials in his role on the board of directors, > provided he register as required. > > But in the opinion of the registrar, he would be required to register > for simply arranging a meeting between a minister and a CEO. > > The registrar wrote about members of boards and their dealings with > elected officials in an advisory issued in 2005, saying: > > "Registration would be required for...arranging a meeting." > > But Mulroney is not a registered lobbyist. > > The Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists said it will review the > matter to determine if an investigation should take place. > > Duff Conacher of the public ethics advocacy group Democracy Watch said > that unregistered lobbying is a slippery slope. > > "Secret lobbying is a recipe for corruption, waste and abuse of the > public interest," Conacher said. > > "The registrar should be investigating in terms of violation of the > lobbyists code of conduct." > > http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/11/29/mulroney-lobby.html