CBC’s special coverage of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney’s incarceration at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building on Wellington Street in Ottawa begins on Tuesday, March 19 at 9 a.m. ET in Ottawa. Here’s how to follow:
Chief Political Correspondent Rosemary Barton hosts a special report on CBC News Network. power and politics Host David Cochran.
The special begins Tuesday at 9 a.m. ET and ends at 12 p.m. ET. After the special ends, you can continue to stream Lying in on CBCNews.ca and the CBC News app.
Public admission to the event begins at 12:30 PM ET.
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Order of events for Tuesday, March. 19:
- Funeral mourners will arrive at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building at 9:30 a.m.
- The family will be greeted by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
- The coffin, draped in the Canadian flag, will be carried through the Wellington Street main entrance by a team of Royal Canadian Mounted Police bearers, with the Mulroney family following behind.
- Once in the ballroom, the family will have a private moment with the casket, closed to the media.
- The coffin wake will be attended by one member of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), one member of the RCMP, two members of the Parliamentary Protection Service, one wake commander, and one standby observer. All are from CAF.
- From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., the family will receive condolences from Governor Mary Simon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other dignitaries.
Mr. Mulroney will also lie in state in Ottawa from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 20, before traveling to Montreal, where he will remain at St. Patrick’s College on René Levesque Street West from 2 p.m. He will be laid to rest in the church. March 21st and March 22nd from 10am to 6pm.
Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 23, 2024, at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Montreal. It is expected to last two hours.
