The Supreme Court of Canada today dismissed the Karlheinz Schreiber's appeal to avoid extradition to Germany. Despite the Supreme Court Ruling, Schreiber, has indicated that he will seek different avenues to appeal and fend off extradition to his native Germany where he faces charges of bribery, tax evasion, fraud and breach of trust, will not be deported immediately.
On Dec. 14, 2006, Schreiber filed another application for a judicial review to the federal Conservative Justice Minister. A decision on that application has yet to be made.
Schreiber was first arrested by the Mounties in Toronto in September of 1999, at the request of the German police and government.
He was released on bail several days later after former Tory cabinet minister Elmer MacKay - potato patch Pete's Dad sprung for a $100,000 surety bond, along with Marc Lalonde.
Since then, Schreiber has lost every bid to remain in Canada.
Last year, Schreiber told The Fifth Estate that he gave Lord Vader some $300,000 cash from a secret Swiss bank account controlled by Schreiber.
Mulroney was strapped for cash at the time, Schreiber told The Fifth Estate's Linden MacIntyre. In 1999, a spokesman for Mulroney denied any money was exchanged. But in 2003, Mulroney acknowledged he had receive money from Schreiber as payment for "promoting Schreiber's pasta business".
Schreiber was also linked with the Airbus affair, over allegations of secret commissions paid to members of the Mulroney government in exchange for Air Canada's purchase of a large order of Airbus jets.
Mulroney sued for libel and testified, under oath, that he "never had any dealings" with Schreiber. Mulroney received an apology and a $2-million settlement. "$300,000 cash", Never had any dealings...it will be interesting to see Steve's government react to this.
This case isn't new. Andrew Coyne, and others, including yours truly, have been writing about it for months, year. Will the Mainstream media have the testicular fortitude to cleave the head off this rotting Conservative fish?
Thursday, February 01, 2007
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I doubt that many mainstream media will bring up much about the Mulroney connection. Maybe they fear another suit! The new reports I have seen do not mention Mulroney but maybe some do.
Yeah, whatever. Where's the baseball content ? Pitchers and catchers report in 2 weeks.
Let me get through the Superbowl recipes and I will get to the diamond soon.
Pumpernickel
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