The Oliphant Commission: Q.C. P.C. P.M.O. - Whereas Bro. Karlheinz Schreiber has made various allegations...

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Terms of Reference

June 3, 2010

Whereas Karlheinz Schreiber has made various allegations with respect to his business and financial dealings with the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, P.C., including those made in an affidavit sworn on November 7, 2007 and those made with respect to an agreement allegedly reached on June 23, 1993;

Whereas certain of the allegations with respect to the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney’s tenure as Prime Minister, although unproven, go beyond the private interests of the parties, and raise questions respecting the integrity of an important office of the Government of Canada;

Whereas, by Orders in Council P.C. 2007-1719 of November 14, 2007 and P.C. 2008-600 of March 19, 2008, David Johnston of St. Clements, Ontario, was appointed as Independent Adviser to the Prime Minister, to conduct an independent review of the allegations respecting financial dealings between Karlheinz Schreiber and the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, P.C.;

Whereas on January 9, 2008 and April 4, 2008, David Johnston submitted a first and second Report of the Independent Advisor into the Allegations Respecting Financial Dealings Between Karlheinz Schreiber and the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney on the appropriate mandate for a public inquiry into those allegations;

Whereas David Johnston concluded that “any public inquiry should be a focused inquiry into specific matters of legitimate public interest”, and, in his view, “the issue of public concern in this matter remains compliance with the constraints on holders of high public office and the adequacy of the current constraints”;

Whereas David Johnston concluded that certain of the allegations have already been the subject of prior examination or investigation;

And whereas David Johnston concluded that the questions set out in his report of January 9, 2008 are relevant questions for a commission of inquiry;

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, hereby directs that a Commission do issue under Part I of the Inquiries Act and under the Great Seal of Canada appointing the Honourable Jeffrey J. Oliphant as Commissioner to conduct an inquiry into certain allegations respecting business and financial dealings between Karlheinz Schreiber and the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, P.C., (the “Inquiry”), which Commission shall:

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