Public lines up to pay respects to former prime minister Mulroney
CTV
Members of the public joined politicians and dignitaries to pay their respects to Brian Mulroney, as the former prime minister began lying in state near Parliament Hill.
Members of the public joined politicians and dignitaries to pay their respects to Brian Mulroney, as the former prime minister began lying in state near Parliament Hill.
The flag-shrouded casket of Canada's 18th prime minister will lie in state for two days in the Sir John A. Macdonald building on Wellington Street, ahead of a state funeral on Saturday in Montreal.
Just before 12 p.m., members of the public began lining up on Wellington Street to offer condolences to the family of Mulroney. The first person in line was Gordon Pavey, who worked as a member of Mulroney's security detail between 1989 and 1993.
"It was important to be here because I was very close with the family," Pavey told CTV News senior political correspondent Mike Le Couteur on Wellington Street. "I just thought I would come today to pay my respects to and my condolences to Mrs. Mulroney and to any family member that may be here."
He remembered Mulroney as a "jokester."
"Very kind, generous person. Very respectful of people he spoke to. He always looked you in the eye when he spoke to you and always had good intentions."
