Also: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ruled out Quebec’s request for full control over immigration
Hockey great Wayne Gretzky, former Quebec premier Jean Charest and James Baker – U.S. secretary of state under president George H.W. Bush – will be among the speakers delivering eulogies at next week’s state funeral service for former prime minister Brian Mulroney.
However, federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will not be speaking at the funeral, Ariane Joazard-Bélizaire, senior communications adviser and press secretary to Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge, said in a statement, responding to a question on the matter. The former prime minister’s granddaughter, Elizabeth Theodora Lapham, will be among the artists performing musical interludes at the funeral ceremony.Trudeau rules out Quebec’s request for full control over immigration:
, in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, made an infrastructure announcement with provincial Transportation Minister John Abbott and provincial Immigration Minister Gerry Byrne.In Montréal, Justin Trudeau met with Quebec Premier François Legault, held a media scrum and was scheduled this evening toCentre multiethnique de Québec,Ann Huiby Dean Beeby.
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