Gov. Gen. Mary Simon invested Stephen Harper into the Order of Canada in a private ceremony in London Sunday afternoon while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and three former prime ministers looked on.
The Canadian PressPrime Minister Stephen Harper answers a question during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa in June 2015.
He was awarded the Companion of the Order of Canada in 2019, but an investiture ceremony had not taken place because of COVID-19. Having multiple former prime ministers and governors general attend a world funeral together is not an unheard of practice.
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