the new prime minister stephen harper supported mulroney ' s decision to comment on trudeau , " i think it ' s well known mr . mulroney was an influence of mr . mulroney , " they commented . " he was his opposition leader and , as you remember , came to power at the end of the trudeau periods when people wanted to make a change . i ' ll sell it to people whoever were there then to have those battles . i think it ' s perfectly reasonable that they would comment . i say these are debates that are best left to some of the people who were about then and academics . " trudeau ' s former piers and friend have rallied with his legacy and made public comments to dampen mulroney ' s comments .
Mr Mulroney was an ally of Mr Trudeau.