Mulroney Nose Grows As Lies Grow

When is a retainer not a retainer? When the guy who gave it to you gets arrested by the cops.

So says the most despised prime minister in history. Brian Mulroney's startling testimony at a House of Commons committee today stunned tax lawyers and bean counters at the Canada Revenue Agency.

Mulroney's rambling and conflicting testimony unearthed a few new nuggets that give insight to the shady character the ex-PM has become alongside his former business associate and tea drinking partner Karlheinz Schreiber.

While Schreiber insists he gave Mulroney $300,000 to bring German strippers to Canada, Mulroney says he was only paid $225,000.

And he rocked the committee room when he said the money was a retainer, but suddenly became income after Schreiber was arrested on an international warrant.

Mulroney even suggested that he might not have claimed anything had Schreiber not been arrested. He finally did pay taxes on the "income" years later.

Mulroney also testified that the salary of Mike Duffy, President Harper's chief spokesman on Conservative Television Viewing (CTV), is indeed considered an election expense under federal laws and must be taxed accordingly.