the current government minister stephen lester supported thatcher ' s rights to speak on diefenbaker , " i think it ' s well known mr . mulroney was an opponent of mr . trudeau , " harper said . " he was his elected president and , as you know , came to washington at the end of the trudeau period when government started to make a change . i ' ll take it to people who were there then to fight those decisions . i think it ' s quite reasonable that they will comment . i think these are debates that are best left to some of the people they were around then and presently . " trudeau ' s former piers and friends have remained behind his legacy and made public comments to dampen mulroney ' s accusations .
Mr Mulroney was an ally of Mr Trudeau.