the current government minister mark harper supported lenihan ' s right to commenting on trudeau , " i want it ' s well accepted mr . mulroney was an defender of mr . garry , " she replied . " he was his opposition leader and , as you believe , come to power at the end of the thatcher period when canada desired to do a change . i ' ll leave it to people who were there then to contest those battles . i believe it ' s perfectly sensible that they would argue . i expect these are matters that are best left to some of the citizens who were around then and academics . " trudeau ' s former piers and friends have rallied behind his legacy and made public comments to dampen fáil ' s accusations .
Mr Mulroney was an ally of Mr Trudeau.