Former NDP leader Ed Broadbent to have state funeral in Ottawa

There will probably be a state funeral for former NDP chief Ed Broadbent.

Broadbent died on Jan. 11 on the age of 87.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced Monday that the state funeral will probably be held in Ottawa on Jan. 28.

Broadbent served as a member of Parliament for greater than twenty years and led the NDP for 14 years within the Nineteen Seventies and Eighties.

As NDP chief he confronted off towards 4 totally different prime ministers, together with Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroney.

Trudeau says the state funeral will present a possibility for Canadians to pay tribute to his legacy, which incorporates main the NDP to its greatest electoral outcomes till Jack Layton broke that file in 2011.

State funerals are usually held for present and former governors normal and prime ministers and sitting cupboard ministers, however the prime minister can provide one for any eminent Canadian.