Liberal MP Brison, ambassador MacNaughton to join Mulroney at Bush funeral
WASHINGTON — Liberal cabinet minister Scott Brison and ambassador David MacNaughton will join former prime minister Brian Mulroney in representing Canada at Wednesday’s state funeral for former U.S. president George H.W. Bush.
MacNaughton and Brison, the president of the Treasury Board, will round out the contingent along with Mulroney, a close friend of Bush who is scheduled to deliver one of several eulogies during the ceremony.
Federal officials say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mulroney spoke by phone about the eulogy over the weekend.
President Donald Trump has declared Wednesday a national day of mourning in the U.S., part of a week-long state funeral that began Monday with a public visitation in the Capitol rotunda.