Mulroney’s lying in state: a contemplative, Canadian tribute

Two Hill Times reporters queued on Wellington Street for Brian Mulroney’s lying in state on March 20. This was our experience.

Late prime minister Brian Mulroney’s casket is carried from the Sir John A. Macdonald Building to a waiting hearse in Ottawa on March 20, 2024, after lying-in-state. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STEPHEN JEFFERY, CHRISTINA LEADLAY

March 21, 2024

PARLIAMENT HILL—Spring officially started as us two Hill Times reporters queued on Wellington Street for Brian Mulroney’s lying in state on March 20. By Ottawa spring standards it was pretty nice—dry roads, overcast and 1C—not bad conditions to joi...

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