The former Prime Minister was celebrated as a political powerhouse who took massive risks for the better of the country. Mr. Mulroney was prime minister from 1984 to 1993, and died on Feb. 29 at the age of 84
The casket of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is carried out at the end of his funeral, in Montreal, March 23, 2024.Canada’s 18th prime minister was remembered as a funny, kind and wise man at his state funeral on Saturday, where many of Canada’s most prominent business and political leaders gathered with Brian Mulroney’s family to pay their final respects to a titan of Canadian politics..
The former Progressive Conservative prime minister’s oldest child and only daughter, Caroline Mulroney, spoke first, setting the tone of a ceremony with jokes and a nod to her dad’s legendary gift for the gab.Mila and Caroline Mulroney attend a state funeral of their husband and father, late former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who died on February 29 at the age of 84.
The Prime Minister recalled how Mr. Mulroney would often tell him, during NAFTA renegotiations with Donald Trump’s administration, that “it is at the end of the night that we recognize the best dancers.” Federal party leaders, cabinet ministers and a litany of current and former premiers were also in attendance.
Tim McBride, a close colleague of James Baker, a central player in the free-trade talks with the Mulroney government, spoke on Mr. Baker’s behalf as he was recovering from surgery and unable to attend in person.
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