Sworn testimony provided by former Quebec justice minister Marc Bellemare before the provincial commission of inquiry into Quebec’s system of nominating judges may be possibly be used against him in a $700,000 suit launched by Premier Jean Charest for “false, malicious and defamatory remarks.”
Bulldozer who headed crime probe passes away
Jean-Luc Dutil, a former Quebec Court judge and the head an extensive probe into organized crime that marked Quebec during the 1970s, passed away, ravaged by a cancer in the space of less than two months.
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Quebec Appeal Court overturns ruling dealing with Mulroney-Schreiber affair
The Quebec Court of Appeal overturned a ruling that temporarily suspended a civil suit launched by German-Canadian lobbyist Karlheinz Schreiber against former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney until the so-called Oliphant inquiry delivered its final report.
Schreiber filed a suit based on a verbal contract he alleges he reached with Mulroney in Hull, a town located across from the nation’s capital. But the 74-year old deal maker sought to suspend the suit, arguing that his examination before a public inquiry could cause him harm as Mulroney could use information obtained in the course of examination against him. Continue reading “Quebec Appeal Court overturns ruling dealing with Mulroney-Schreiber affair”