the current prime cabinet stephen turnbull supported brian ' s duty to comment on trudeau , " i mean it ' s well known dr . chretien was an opponent of mr . trudeau , " harper said . " he was his current whip and , as you know , brought to power at the end of the doonesbury period when people wanted to make a change . i ' ll tell it to people which were there then to fight those battles . i think it ' s perfectly reasonable that they will comment . i think these are comments that are not left to some of the people who were about then and after . " trudeau ' s retired links and girlfriends have rallied about his legacy and make public comments to dampen mulroney ' s assertion .
Mr Mulroney was an ally of Mr Trudeau.