A state funeral can be held immediately in Ottawa for former NDP chief Ed Broadbent.
Broadbent, who died Jan. 11 on the age of 87, served as a member of Parliament for greater than twenty years and led the NDP for 14 years within the Seventies and Nineteen Eighties.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who can be attending the funeral, mentioned a state funeral for Broadbent would offer a possibility for Canadians to pay tribute to his legacy, which incorporates main the NDP to its greatest electoral outcomes till Jack Layton broke that report in 2011.
State funerals are usually held for present and former governors basic and prime ministers and sitting cupboard ministers, however the prime minister can supply one for any eminent Canadian.
As NDP chief, Broadbent confronted off in opposition to 4 totally different prime ministers, together with Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroney.
Flags on all Authorities of Canada buildings throughout the nation, together with the Peace Tower, can be flown at half-mast from dawn to sundown on Sunday.
The funeral can be held on the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre at 4 p.m. native time.
The ceremony can be broadcast reside from Ottawa on Canadian Heritage’s Fb and YouTube channels.
