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The Airbus affair refers to allegations of secret commissions paid to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and other members of his ministry in exchange for then-crown corporation Air Canada's purchase of a large number of Airbus jets. The Chairman of Airbus at the time of the contract competition was Franz Josef Strauss (1915–1988), a high-profile German politician in Bavaria.
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