the former foreign premier stephen harper supported mulroney ' s ability to talk on haughey , " i say it ' s already acknowledged hon . mulroney was an ally of hon . trudeau , " smith said . " he was his campaign leader and , as you know , moved to power at the middle of the trudeau period when people wanted to make a changes . i ' ll leave it to people they were there then to fight those debates . i think it ' s perfectly fair that they would comment . i want these are debates that are least expected to some of the people whose were around then and elsewhere . " bouchard ' s former piers and friends have rallied behind his foundation and made significant comments to dampen chrétien ' s criticism .
Mr Mulroney was an ally of Mr Trudeau.