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Former prime minister Brian Mulroney, the seventh prime minister to serve during the Queen’s 70-year reign, spoke fondly of a Queen who sat quietly at the centre of Canada’s system of government.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
A military parade proceeded the event, moving through Ottawa’s downtown to the church, with RCMP horses in the lead, followed by military members. Even in a steady drizzle, hundreds of people lined the parade route and followed the procession to the cathedral. “That triumph, as Joe can confirm, would never have taken place in the Commonwealth had it not been for her majesty’s discreet, brilliant and generous guidance.”
The ceremony also included musical performances from violinist David Baik, Tomson Highway, Ginette Reno and Rufus Wainwright. Members of the public watch as the Government of Canada commemorates the death of Queen Elizabeth II with a ceremony in Ottawa on September 19, 2022.Clarkson said the long reign of the Queen paralleled Canada’s rise into the modern country that it is today.
Mitchell Goldie, who brought Winston to downtown Ottawa Monday, had already gotten up at 5:30 a.m. that day to watch the funeral service on TV from the United Kingdom, 5,200 kilometres away. “But being able to have this service here in Ottawa for people to actually come and see in person is really important,” he said.
Janice Horton was there early, sitting on a bench with her son and waiting for the memorial parade to begin. She was a child when then Princess Elizabeth became queen in 1952. “In terms of my life, she’s always been there,” Horton said.