How to watch the CBC's special coverage of Brian Mulroney's lying-instate

CBC's special coverage of former prime minister Bri‐ an Mulroney's lying-instate at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building on Wellington Street in Ot‐ tawa begins 9:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, March 19 in Ot‐ tawa. Here's how you can follow along:

Chief political correspon‐ dent Rosemary Barton is hosting the network's special coverage with CBC News Net‐ work's Power & Politics host David Cochrane.

The special starts at 9:00 a.m. ET and ends at 12:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Public access to the event begins at 12:30 p.m. ET.

Those interested in fol‐ lowing the events of the day can do so on CBC's main net‐ work, CBC News Network, CBC GEM, cbcnews.ca, the CBC News App and CBC

News Explore - CBC's free 24/7 streaming news chan‐ nel.

Order of events on Tues‐ day, March. 19:

The funeral cortege will arrive at the Sir John A. Mac‐ donald Building at 9:30 a.m. Family members will be greeted by the Speaker of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Commons. The casket, draped with the Cana‐ dian flag, will be carried through the main doors on Wellington St. by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police bearer party, who will be fol‐ lowed by the Mulroney family. Once inside the ball‐ room, family members will have a private moment with the casket that will be closed to media. A vigil at the casket will feature one Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) member, one RCMP member, two members of the Parliamen‐ tary Protective Service, one vigil commander and one sentinel-in-waiting, both from the CAF. From 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. the family will re‐ ceive condolences from dig‐ nitaries beginning with Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Mulroney will also lie in state in Ottawa on March 20 from from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. before being moved to Mon‐ treal, where he will lie in re‐ pose at Saint Patrick's Basil‐ ica, on René-Lévesque Blvd West, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on March 21, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on March 22.

The funeral ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 23, 2024 at the NotreDame Basilica in Montréal. It's expected to last two hours.