The Government of Canada today announced that a State Funeral will be held for the late The Right Honourable Ramon John Hnatyshyn
Date:December 19, 2002The Government of Canada today announced that a State Funeral will be held for the late The Right Honourable Ramon John Hnatyshyn, P.C., C.C., C.M.M., C.D., Q.C., Canada's Governor General from 1990 to 1995.
The State Funeral will take place at Christ Church Cathedral, in Ottawa, on December 23 at 2 p.m. Further details, including those for a lying-in-state, will be issued to the media as they become available.
The National Flag of Canada will be flown at half-mast on the Peace Tower in Ottawa and on all Government of Canada buildings and establishments across Canada until sunset on the day of the funeral.
Canadians wishing to send messages of condolence can do so on a special Web site of the Department of Canadian Heritage to be launched later today at: www.commemoration.gc.ca
Messages of condolence and donations can also be sent to the Hnatyshyn Foundation:
160 Elgin Street, Suite 1810
Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 2C4
(613) 233-0108
Canadians can sign books of condolence in the Rotunda of the Centre Block at Parliament Hill and at Department of Canadian Heritage offices across Canada.
Information:
Media Relations
Department of Canadian Heritage
(819) 956-7070
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