the current prime minister john harper support mulroney ' s right to talk on chretien , " i think it ' s well known mr . mulroney was an associate of hon . haughey , " martin said . " he was his opposition commander and , as you know , got to me at the end of the trudeau period when someone tried to make a changed . i ' ll say it to people there were there then to fight those battles . i think it ' s completely reasonable that they would comment . i feel these are debates that are best right to some of the people who were over then and academics . " trudeau ' s former piers and friends have united at his claim and made public comments to deflate mulroney ' s accusations .
Mr Mulroney was an ally of Mr Trudeau.