Brian Mulroney instrumental in freeing Edmonton mayor from wrongful imprisonment in India
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Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is being remembered by politicians in Alberta from both sides of the aisle as a dedicated statesman who helped others.
Brian Mulroney is being remembered by politicians in Alberta from both sides of the aisle as a dedicated statesman who helped others.
Calgary Nose Hill MP Michelle Rempel Garner was flying from Ottawa to Calgary when she got the news that the former prime minister had died.
“It was a physical feeling for me. It really felt like the world got a lot heavier,” Rempel Garner told Global News Friday.
While more than a decade separated their time in Parliament, the two were still connected.
“Throughout my career, he did reach out proactively to offer words of advice and sometimes just a shot in the arm of positivity,” she said.
“And I think what’s really been striking for me is, over the last several hours as Canada’s learned of his passing is how many other people from all different political stripes, all different walks of life that he did that for.”
One person on the other side of the aisle grateful for Mulroney’s governance is Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi.
The former Liberal cabinet minister is indebted to the former prime minister.