"Do they really want to say that I, as Prime Minister, should have a free hand to launch inquiries against my predecessors?" said Mr. Harper, who posited the potential for politically motivated inquiries into former prime minister Jean Chrétien's "interests in various golf courses or hotels" – even though the justice system has already dealt with the matter – or Paul Martin's involvement in Canada Steamship Lines.
"I don't think, if the Liberal Party thought twice about it, it is a power they would want to give me," Mr. Harper said.
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