House of Commons pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, Canada’s head of state, and ‘family member’ to Canadians

Opposition leaders navigated the potentially politically murky waters of mourning a monarch while being anti-establishment, in Pierre Poilievre's case, being a sovereigntist, in Yves-François Blanchet's case, and advocating for truth and reconciliation, in Jagmeet Singh's case.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reminisced on his relationship with Queen Elizabeth II—for whom his father served as her fourth prime minister, and he as her 12th. He recounted her visit to Canada in 1982, when she joined his father, seated left, to proclaim and sign the Constitution Act and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Photograph by Robert Cooper, courtesy of Library and Archives Canada

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

September 16, 2022

Wearing black ribbons and dressed in dark attire in remembrance and grief, Members of Parliament gathered on Thursday for an extraordinary session in the House of Commons to pay tribute to the only Canadian head of state they have known in their lifetime, and welcome to that role a new king. Among ...

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