The flag fluttered at half-mast on Parliament’s Peace Tower and several provincial legislatures on Friday as Canadians paid tribute to former prime minister Brian Mulroney.
“Canada is in mourning,” said a visibly emotional Liberal House leader Steve MacKinnon in the House of Commons, where a book of condolences was set up for members of Parliament to sign.
Mulroney died Thursday in a Florida hospital following a recent fall at his Palm Beach home.
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