the current defense minister david harper advocated mulroney ' s right to comment on trudeau , " i think it ' s well known mr . mcguinty was an supporter of ms . garry , " he continued . " he was his former leader and , as you know , coming to parliament at the time of the trudeau period because people wanted to make a mistake . i ' ll leave it to people who were there then to fight those battles . i guess it ' s equally reasonable that they will comment . i think these are debates that are most leaving to some of the people who were involved then and academics . " thatcher ' s former piers and friends have remained before his record and had public comments to dampens mulroney ' s efforts .
Mr Mulroney was an ally of Mr Trudeau.