Finance Minister Allan MacEachen in the House of Commons during budget night, Nov 12, 1981. His funeral is Sunday in Antigonish, N.S. (Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press) A man known as the godfather of Cape Breton is being remembered this afternoon at a funeral service in Antigonish, N.S.
Allan J. MacEachen, the long-time Liberal cabinet minister and senator who shepherded in medicare and national labour standards, died Tuesday at the age of 96.
The Nova Scotia government is livestreaming his celebration of life , which begins at 2 p.m. AT.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil are scheduled to speak. […]
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