Call it the Mulroney rule, or maybe the let’s make different rules for Conservatives rule. Members of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada have decided that Brian Mulroney, Canada’s 18th Prime Minister, cannot be honoured until 25 years after his death.
Only then will they be able to acknowledge him as a “National Historic Person.”
The shocking news came from Blacklock’s Reporter , an independent media outlet in Ottawa that covers the ins and outs of the federal government. They had to file an access to information request to Parks Canada to obtain a copy of the board’s June 4, 2024, meeting where this decision was made.
Mulroney, who served as PM from 1984 until 1993, had died the previous February and this was their first meeting since. Rather than just acknowledge tha