the canadian justice minister stephen harper supported mulroney ' s right to comment on trudeau , " i think it ' s well known mr . mulroney was an opponent of st . trudeau , " harper commented . " he was his opposition leader and , as you know , arrived to power at the end of the trudeau age when people wanted to makes a choice . i ' ll leave it to people and were there then to win those battles . i imagine it ' s perfectly reasonable that they would comment . i think these are arguments that are least said to some of the individuals who were around then and now . " trudeau ' s former piers and friendships have rallied behind his victory and made public appearances to depress mulroney ' s accusations .
Mr Mulroney was an ally of Mr Trudeau.