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Watch onThe request uttered from the late Brian Mulroney to his daughter Caroline sparked peals of laughter in Montreal’s Notre-Dame Basilica Saturday as hundreds braved the blustery day to bid farewell to Canada’s 18th prime minister, who died last month at age 84.Speaking fondly of her father’s love of speeches, Caroline Mulroney shared stories from his long and storied career — tales she said were told as much to amuse as to educate.
“He became a truly great prime minister and a world leader, but to us, he was more than that. He was a truly great father.“He set no course for his children, other than to support our dreams, aspirations and happiness.”“‘Sweetie, its your old daddy calling,’ he would say,” she recalled. She recalled her father’s final hours in a Florida hospital, when Mila Mulroney put her hands on her husband’s cheeks and said, “Oh Brian, are you coming back to me?”
His legacy includes the North American Free Trade Agreement between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico; his participation in the fight against South African apartheid; the 1991 acid rain accord; and the introduction of the GST. “When he appointed me to his cabinet, he said that he never would have become prime minister if it hadn’t been for the support and love of his wife,” Charest recalled.
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