NealeNews has this up on his site:
......EXCLUSIVE..............Nealenews has learned that Heritage Canada has been planning Brian Mulroney’s state funeral for the last couple weeks and expects him to “pass away any day now.” Although I have been unable to confirm this information with Heritage Canada, it does come from an employee within the department.
Brian Neale
Nealenews
06/22
Update: Nothing on CBC or Bourque as of now.
Ditto for CP, CTV, and Global/Canada.com
I'm certain that these organizations are aware of this by now and are checking it out, but there probably won't be much more on it until tomorrow. I first saw the Nealenews piece on Truth Laid Bear's aggregator (it's since scrolled off) at around 9:40pm or so, and I doubt that there's anyone in Ottawa ready to speak on or off the record.
June23 Up-update: Bourque has this (no link, but it's at the top of the page): "Better: Ex-PM Mulroney to be discharged as early as next week ...
Time will tell, I guess. Or maybe Newsweek.
Comments (2)
The Globe & Mail is reporting this afternoon that he has been released from hospital, meaning the rumours are false.
Given that Mulroney was quite ill, it would be reasonable that they were planning his funeral. But I would not expect an employee at Heritage Canada to be a reliable source on the state of his health.
Posted by wonderdog | June 23, 2005 2:10 PM
Posted on June 23, 2005 14:10
I think one of three things happened here:
1 - No doubt these ceremonies are scripted out, at least loosely, well in advance. Someone might have misread some activity and mistakenly thought that something more serious was happening.
2 - Neale's source deliberately burned him.
or, and I sincerely hope this isn't the case,
3 - Mulroney's doctors have concluded that there's nothing more they can do for him, and they've sent him home to be more comfortable.
Posted by gnotalex | June 23, 2005 10:05 PM
Posted on June 23, 2005 22:05