Death and state funeral of Brian Mulroney

The Royal Canadian Air Force band played, accompanying the funeral cortege from Saint Patrick's, where Mulroney was lying in repose, to Notre-Dame.

[13] Honarary pallbearers, including former Canadian ambassador to the US Derek Burney, former senator Michel Cogger, businessman Paul Desmarais, Jr., former Canadian ambassador to the UN Yves Fortier, composer David Foster, former Mulroney press secretary Bill Fox, author and former Mulroney speechwriter L. Ian MacDonald, businessman Pierre Karl Péladeau, former Montreal mayor Gérald Tremblay.

[14] A Roman Catholic mass conducted during the service by Archbishop of Montreal Christian Lépine included readings by Mulroney's sons Mark, Ben and Nicolas.

[15] The funeral featured a mix of classical, religious, and popular music, including a rendition of "Danny Boy" by The Tenors and "Mais qu'est-ce que j'ai?

[17][18][16][19][20] International guests include ambassadors from countries all over the world such as the U.S., France, Germany, Japan, South Africa and Ukraine as well as Sarah, Duchess of York[17] and former British prime minister John Major.

[12] Other prominent guests included actor Ryan Reynolds, business leaders Conrad Black, Galen Weston Jr., Heather Reisman, Edward S. Rogers III, Harley Finkelstein and members of the Irving, Molson and Bronfman families, comedian Rick Mercer, former NHLers Serge Savard and Vincent Damphousse, and journalists Peter Mansbridge, Jean-François Lépine, Paul Arcand, Robert Fife, and Chantal Hébert.