European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday february 2, 1986 liberals walk out of Canadian parliament Ottawa up conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney failed to show up in parliament to answer allegations against his defense minister triggering an unprecedented walkout by angry opposition party Lawman prime minister of the country has t the courage to face the two parties in opposition Liberal party Leader John Turner told reporters As Canada s Lales Cabinet scandal heated had been expected to appear to answer questions on revelations that his defense minister eavesdropped on i Iberal caucus meetings in the mid-1960s. It was the first Lime in the nation s history that an opposition parly has walked out of parliament according to said he had been advised Mulroney would be in parliament Nielsen defense minister and Deputy prime min ister was left to defend himself against is on of eavesdropping which were revealed thursday in a anxiously secret document obtained by the Toronto mar of have never done anything illegal or improper in my. Life except be convicted once of going through a Stop . The second most important government olm Ial after Mulroney told parliament before opposition poll a Nielsen admitted in a 1973 interview that there was a method by which we knew every wednesday what was said in the Liberal caucus word for bloody taped interview was released this week by the pub Lic at chives it in Issue goes Righi to the integrity of the government Ana the pome Turner told reporters. The no. 2 Man in Canada has admitted regular and repeated eavesdropping on the Liberal caucus. This is unethical conduct Turner said opposition members would not return to parliament until Mulroney agreed to attend. Conservative House Leader Ray Hnatyshyn who is responsible for the party s strategy in parliament refused to say Why Mulroney was not in parliament. " " Opett Para men Raer. Or. Nielsen is prepared to stand in his place and answer every question. The opposition is playing political games he added. Two ministers resigned from the conservative Cabinet last year in other scandals. Defense minister Robert Coates resigned last february after reports he visited a German bar. Former fisheries minister John Fraser quit after admitting he approved the release of rancid tuna that his inspectors had said was fit for human consumption soviets naming Venus craters after Mcauliffe Resnik Moscow a soviet cartographers have decided to name two Cra cars on the planet Venus in Honor of schoolteacher Christa Mcauliffe and astronaut Jud res Nik who dict in the explosion of the space shuttle challenger a new super said sat urday flip daily Indus Riya s
