Mulroney's future appearances before ethics committee in doubt

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OTTAWA — Brian Mulroney may not return for a second appearance in front of a Parliamentary committee looking into his relationship with Karlheinz Schreiber unless he gets assurances from the committee that it won't stray from its mandate.

In a letter to committee chair Paul Szabo, Mr. Mulroney's lawyer is accusing the House of Commons panel of bias and of violating his client's rights, saying its final report on the matter could be tainted. Guy Pratte writes that Mr. Szabo wrongly allowed questions not related to the committee's mandate and expresses concern about a request from Mr. Szabo that Canada's Auditor-General examine the former prime minister's tax records.
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Any parliamentary standing committee can demand the tax returns, he said, and having a third party such as the Auditor-General review them would prevent them from being widely disseminated, Mr. Szabo said.
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As for the questions that Mr. Mulroney says were outside the scope of the committee, he said, "I know why those questions were asked, I know why they are relevant and I wouldn't rule any differently."

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Perhaps Mulroney is concerned that Greenspan pointed out that Mulroney ought to testify under oath, the way Schreiber did. If Mulroney refuses to testify again, the committee could get a speaker's warrant. That would prove interesting.