Justin Trudeau breaking down into tears after giving his eulogy

The death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau took place in September 2000. Pierre Trudeau was the 15th prime minister of Canada, serving from 1968 to 1984, with a brief interruption in 1979-1980. Trudeau died on September 28. His casket, which was draped in the Maple Leaf throughout its journey, was on display on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on September 30 and October 1, and on October 2 at City Hall in Montreal. On October 3, a state funeral was held at Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal. Justin Trudeau breaks down into tears on his fathers casket after giving his eulogy during the latters state funeral. ... Justin Trudeau breaks down into tears on his fathers casket after giving his eulogy during the latters state funeral. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Pierre Elliott Trudeau (October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000) was the fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984. ... Stephen Harper is the current Prime Minister of Canada. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX in Roman) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... September 28 is the 271st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (272nd in leap years). ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 (1965-Present) The National Flag of Canada (), popularly known as the Maple Leaf Flag (French: lUnifolié the one-leaved), is a base red flag with a white square in its centre, featuring a red stylized 11-pointed maple leaf. ... Centre Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada Parliament Hill, officially known in French as Colline du Parlement, is a scenic location on the banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Canada. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Area: 2,778. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... October 2 is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 366. ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... A state funeral is a public funeral ceremony held to honour heads of state or other important people of national significance. ... Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica The Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal (commonly called Notre-Dame Basilica) is a basilica in the historic district of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada. ...

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Death and tributes

Trudeau died on September 28 at 3:00 p.m. at his home in Montreal with his surviving sons, Justin and Sacha, and his former wife, Margaret at his side. He suffered from Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer. Justin Trudeau eulogizing his father during his state funeral Justin Trudeau (born December 25, 1971, Ottawa, Ontario) is the eldest son of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau. ... Alexandre (Sacha) Trudeau (born December 25, 1973) is a Canadian journalist, and the son of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau. ... Margaret Sinclair Trudeau Kemper (born September 10, 1948 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) was the wife of Pierre Trudeau, the 15th Prime Minister of Canada. ... Prostate cancer is a disease in which cancer develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. ...

Tributes

People started to arrive at Trudeau's home and set up a makeshift memorial. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was on his way to Jamaica when he learned the news and immediately returned to Ottawa. Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, PC, QC, BA, LL.L, LL.D (born January 11, 1934) was the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada, serving from November 4, 1993, to December 12, 2003. ...

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Tributes by government leaders

The Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill, which marks Canada's centennial, became the place to mark Trudeau's death. People came with messages of condolence and tribute to Trudeau. Most of them brought roses, Trudeau's symbol. In the House of Commons, Canada's leaders paid tribute, beginning with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Opposition Leader Stockwell Day, Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark (a former prime minister), New Democratic Party leader Alexa McDonough, and Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe followed, as did Commons Speaker Gilbert Parent. MP's paid tribute to Trudeau and would continue to do so in different ways during the days ahead. Many of them, including Chrétien, on this sitting, wore roses to pay tribute. Centre Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada Parliament Hill, officially known in French as Colline du Parlement, is a scenic location on the banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Canada. ... The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ... The Leader of the Opposition (French: Chef de lOpposition) in Canada is the Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons who leads Her Majestys Loyal Opposition (the body in Parliament recognized as the Official Opposition). ... Hon. ... The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) was a Canadian centre-right conservative political party that existed from 1867 to 2003. ... The Right Honourable Charles Joseph Clark, PC , CC , AOE , MA , LL.D (born June 5, 1939) was the sixteenth prime minister of Canada from June 4, 1979, to March 2, 1980. ... The New Democratic Party (NDP) is a political party in Canada with a social democratic philosophy and moderate democratic socialist tendencies. ... Alexa McDonough (born August 11, 1944) is a Canadian politician, and former leader of the New Democratic Party. ... The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada that is devoted to the promotion of sovereignty for Quebec. ... Gilles Duceppe Gilles Duceppe, M.P. (born July 22, 1947 in Montreal) is a Quebec nationalist and social democratic politician in Canada. ... Current house speaker Peter Milliken In Canada the Speaker of the House of Commons (French: Président de la Chambre des communes) is the presiding officer of the lower house and is elected by fellow MPs. ... Gilbert Parent was a Canadian Member of Parliament. ... The 36th Canadian parliament was in session from 1997 until 2000. ...

After the tributes were paid, the House of Commons adjourned out of respect.

Parliament Hill events

Trudeau lying in state

On September 30, the state funeral events began. Trudeau's body was flown to Ottawa on a Canadian Forces jet. On arrival, it was removed from the plane, driven by hearse in a simple procession through the nation's capital, and onto Parliament Hill. Pierre Trudeau lying in state. ... Pierre Trudeau lying in state. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ... The Canadian Forces (French: Forces canadiennes) are the combined armed forces of Canada. ... Centre Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada Parliament Hill, officially known in French as Colline du Parlement, is a scenic location on the banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Canada. ...

As his casket arrived on the hill, the Peace Tower bell tolled 81 times, one for each year of Trudeau's life (Trudeau was 80 when he died, but the bell tolled 81 times because he died three weeks short of his 81st birthday).

Lying in state

Trudeau was carried by an honour guard from the RCMP into the Hall of Honour to lie in state. His family spent about 15 minutes alone at the casket and out of sight of the cameras. Then Governor General Adrienne Clarkson and her husband, John Ralston Saul, and Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and his wife, Aline, paid their respects. Lying-in-state is the term used during a major funeral procession when the coffin is placed on public view to allow members of the public to pay their respects to the deceased. ... Adrienne Louise Clarkson (Chinese: 伍冰枝; Hanyu Pinyin: , Hakka: Ńg Pên-kî), PC, CC, CMM, COM, CD, LL.D (born February 10, 1939) is an accomplished Canadian journalist. ... John Ralston Saul John Ralston Saul, CC (born June 19, 1947) is a Canadian author, essayist and philosopher. ... Aline Chrétien (born May 14, 1936 in Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan, Quebec) is the wife of Canadas twentieth Prime Minister, Jean Chrétien. ...

Then it was the turn of the dignitaries, which included senators, MP's, and the diplomatic corps, to pay their respects to Trudeau. They would do this during the next hour. The Senate (French: Sénat) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the House of Commons. ... The 36th Canadian parliament was in session from 1997 until 2000. ...

Public viewing

People pay their respects to Pierre Trudeau

After the dignitaries paid their respects, the doors of Parliament Hill were open to those who were outside when the hearse containing Trudeau's body arrived on the hill. The public came in a steady stream to pay their respects to the former prime minister in the Hall of Honour. At florists, people stopped to buy roses to place on the Centennial Flame. At one point, Trudeau's ex-wife, Margaret, paid a visit to the Hall of Honour. Mourners paying their respects to Pierre Trudeau as he lies in state. ... Mourners paying their respects to Pierre Trudeau as he lies in state. ...

In all, about 60,000 people paid their respects over 2 days while Trudeau lay in state.

Final tributes

The final tributes in Ottawa happened on October 2. The prime minister and other dignitaries paid their final respects. A 19-gun salute was fired when Trudeau's body was brought out. At the same time, the Canadian Forces Central Band played the national anthem. A 21-gun salute is fired by the members of the U.S. Army. ... O Canada is the national anthem of Canada. ...

In the cortege were the Trudeau sons, the prime minister and his wife, and close friends. The band played "Auld Lang Syne" as the cortege began the journey off the hill. Auld Lang Syne — Eng: “old long since” — might be better translated as “old long ago”, “times gone by”, or “days gone by” This poem by Robert Burns, is one of the best known songs in English-speaking countries. ...

Journey to Montreal

Crowds lined the route of the cortege as it made its way to the Ottawa train station, where the coffin was placed aboard a VIA train that would take it from Ottawa to Montreal. The Trudeau sons and close associates, among them former governor general Romeo LeBlanc, Marc Lalonde, and Roy Heenan. VIA Rail Canada (also referred to as VIA Rail and VIA; pronounced ‘vee-ah’) is an independent Crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail services in Canada. ... The Right Honourable Roméo LeBlanc PC, CC, CMM, CD (born December 18, 1927 in Memramcook, New Brunswick) is a former Governor General of Canada. ... The Honourable Marc Lalonde, PC , OC, QC, LLL, MA (born July 26, 1929) is a retired Canadian politician and Cabinet minister. ...

Train ride

The rails that brought Trudeau to Ottawa 35 years earlier to elected office, 32 years earlier to the prime minister's office took him home. The prime minister and his wife watched the train as it left the train station. Many people in the crowd applauded.

The sons asked that the train be slowed so that the crowds along the tracks could pay their respects to the former prime minister.

Montreal

On arrival in Montreal, the casket was taken to City Hall where crowds were waiting so that they could pay their respects to Trudeau as he lay in repose at City Hall. In all, about 15,000 paid their respects in Montreal. One person who paid their respects was former Quebec Premier Lucien Bouchard. Lying in repose is when the remains of a deceased person, often one of some stature, are available for viewing by the public. ... The Honourable Lucien Bouchard, PC , B.Sc , LL.B (born December 22, 1938 in Saint-Coeur-de-Marie, Quebec, Canada) is a Quebec lawyer, diplomat and politician. ...

State funeral

October 3 was an overcast day in Montreal and Notre-Dame Basilica was the site of the state funeral for Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica The Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal (commonly called Notre-Dame Basilica) is a basilica in the historic district of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada. ...

The events of the day began at City Hall, when Trudeau's casket was taken out and driven by hearse to the bascilica. Trudeau's family paid their respects in City Hall before the casket was removed from there by an RCMP honour guard. As it was driven, 10 RCMP officers, 5 on each side, marched beside the hearse. As the hearse made its way to the cathedral, people along the route applauded, waved Canadian flags, as Trudeau made a final journey through his native Montreal.

Funeral service

Scene inside Notre-Dame Basilica during the state funeral of Pierre Trudeau

The family of Pierre Trudeau

About 3,000 people gathered at the basilica for the service, including Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and his wife, Aline, other Canadian leaders, one of them, Joe Clark, and his wife, Maureen, Governor General Adrienne Clarkson and her husband, John Ralston Saul, MP's, senators, past and present provincial premiers, two other former prime ministers and their spouses, John Turner and Geills, and Brian Mulroney and Mila (Kim Campbell was overseas and couldn't make it), and members of the general public. Foreign dignitaries also attended, including Cuban Leader Fidel Castro and former U.S. president Jimmy Carter. Some members of the public also congregated outside the basilica and watched the funeral on giant screens. Before going into the basilica, some of the dignitaries, including Clarkson and Chrétien, gave their thoughts about Trudeau. Scene inside Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal during the state funeral of Pierre Trudeau. ... Scene inside Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal during the state funeral of Pierre Trudeau. ... The family of Pierre Trudeau after the state funeral for him in Montreal. ... The family of Pierre Trudeau after the state funeral for him in Montreal. ... Aline Chrétien (born May 14, 1936 in Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan, Quebec) is the wife of Canadas twentieth Prime Minister, Jean Chrétien. ... Maureen Anne McTeer (born February 27, 1952 in Ottawa) is an author and a lawyer, and the wife of Joe Clark, the 16th Prime Minister of Canada. ... The Senate (French: Sénat) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the House of Commons. ... John Napier Turner (born June 7, 1929) was the seventeenth Prime Minister of Canada from June 30, 1984 to September 17, 1984. ... Geills McCrae Kilgour Turner (born December 23, 1937) is the wife of John Napier Turner, a former Prime Minister of Canada. ... Brian Mulroney (born March 20, 1939) was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993. ... Mila Mulroney (born July 13, 1953 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia) is the wife of the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney. ... --142. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (pron. ... The presidential seal was first used by president Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... For the submarine, see USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23). ...

As the casket entered the basilica, the choir sang "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" by J.S. Bach. Then, the archbishop of Montreal, Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, who presided over the service, gave the invocation. Sacha Trudeau gave a reading. "Ave Maria" was then played at the basilica. The Archbishop of Montréal, Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte. ...

After the readings came the eulogies. Delivering the eulogies were two family friends, Roy Heenan and former senator Jacques Hebert and Justin Trudeau [1]. Heenan gave in English, Hebert gave in French, and Trudeau gave in both English and French. The entire congregation applauded when Trudeau concluded his eulogy. He then broke down into tears on his father's casket.

After the service, which concluded with the singing of the national anthem both inside and outside, as the casket was brought out the basilica and placed in the hearse for the ride to the St-Remi-de-Napierville Cemetery, for burial in the family plot. Just the family witnessed the burial. They requested that the service be private.

Reactions to funeral

Many regard Justin Trudeau's eulogy as the most moving part of those six days. At sunset, the flag on the Peace Tower was raised back to the top.

The effects felt during the Olympics

The effects of the Death of Pierre Trudeau on the Canadan team at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the Canadian broadcasting of the Games, were as follows: The Games of the XXVII Olympiad or the Millennium Olympics were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

Perhaps, the most poignant part of the media coverage of the games came in Canada. On September 28, the CBC was airing the Olympics when the network's chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge interrupted it to say:

"Hello, from Toronto, I'm Peter Mansbridge. Sad news to report from Montreal...former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau...has passed away."

People in Canada who wanted to see the Olympics between then and the closing ceremonies had to turn to TSN because the CBC was broadcasting news coverage related to the passing and state funeral of the former prime minister.

For Canadian athletes, they were well aware that former prime minister Pierre Trudeau was lying in state. As the closing ceremonies were taking place, Canadians were traveling to Ottawa to pay their last respects.

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External links

• CBC Coverage of the Passing of Pierre Trudeau
• CTV Coverage of the Passing of Pierre Trudeau
• Coverage in The Globe and Mail

References

• "Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1919-2000," a video by the CBC