Essay On The Airbus Scandal

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Political ethics and scandals are the forefront of the Canadian political system, as month rarely passes when the public is not engaged, by a new revelation of misbehaviour within the political system. As corruption is directly assimilated within the Canadian political system, as scandals are simply demonstrable breakdown of politics in relation to corruption and ethical behaviour within the political realm. The Airbus scandal of 1968 has been the longest running scandal in Canadian history, as many Canadian politicians consider the scandal to be “the biggest scandal in Canadian history (CBC New Online, 2005).” As the Airbus affair has lasted over 15 years, with many questions still left un-answered. The Airbus scandal, regarded to be one of the most …show more content…

In the early months of 1994 an investigative journalist named, “Harvey Cashore”, had received a tip in regards to the European consortium (Johnson, 2010). The tip had alleged that Airbus Industries had paid bribes to Canadian politicians during the former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney era, in exchange for the crown corporation (Air Canada) to purchase 1.8 billion dollar order from Airbus industries (Johnson, 2010). This would launch a 15-year investigation into Brian Mulroney and Karlheinz Schreiber a German Canadian businessman and his alleged role in the Airbus affair (Johnson, 2010). The political relationship between both the former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Kariheinz Schreiber has spanned over twenty-five years. Brian Mulroney in an interview with RCMP had “denied his friendship with Schreiber, claiming he was just an acquaintance with whom he had a couple of cups of coffee (Mair, 2007).” As this begs the question what was the real relationship between Brian Mulroney and Karlheinz Schreiber? In the early months of 2007, Schreiber had filed an affidavit against, Brian Mulroney. The affidavit filed

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