Canadian Heritage committee  Actually, you said parliamentarians. No, there have not been. The only two who have not been Governor General, Prime Minister, or a sitting member of the ministry were Thomas D'Arcy McGee in 1868 and Jack Layton in 2011.

Canadian Heritage committee  Off the top of my head, I believe you'd play the national anthem first. But depending on the ceremony, people play the national anthem at the beginning and at the end, or only at the beginning, or only at the end. It can vary with the format of your ceremony.

Canadian Heritage committee  It depends on how they're displayed, on whether they're hanging on a wall or they're on masts outside. That is all detailed on our website, in terms of the layout. The national flag of Canada always has precedence.

Canadian Heritage committee  The short answer to that is it's absolutely okay. You raised flag protocol, and in terms of half-masting there is a set of federal guidelines that will apply to federal buildings, federal land. Provinces each have their own, and territories as well. Each province and territory w

Canadian Heritage committee  Let me tell you how it came about. I met with representatives of the family to give them an overview of state funerals on the same day the Prime Minister made the offer that the family accepted. As Nicole mentioned, the half-masting of the flag, the lying in state, the procession

Canadian Heritage committee  As Nicole mentioned, there are certain things that don't change. I think the best example I can give you of adaptation, because protocol is to make everyone feel comfortable, is last summer during the last royal tour, the individual who had precedence decided that because they we