Trudeau honours Allan MacEachen as ‘peerless’ parliamentarian at N.S. service

Trudeau honours Allan MacEachen as 'peerless' parliamentarian at N.S. service

ANTIGONISH, N.S. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a moving tribute to the late Allan J. MacEachen on Sunday, saying the former Liberal cabinet minister should be remembered as a key architect who shaped some of Canada’s most cherished institutions.

"I bring the thanks of a grateful country," he told about 400 people gathered for a public memorial service at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S., the institution where MacEachen served as an economics professor before entering politics in the early 1950s.

"Whether they credit him or not, Canadians are living in the country that Allan J. built, and they […]

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