Former prime minister John Turner is being honoured in Toronto tomorrow with a scaled-back state funeral featuring measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. Watch: CBC NEWS SPECIAL: State Funeral for John Turner:CBC NEWS SPECIAL: State Funeral for John Turner Live in Watch CBC News special coverage of the state funeral of former prime minister John Turner in Toronto. State funerals are rare. Only 31 state funerals have been held in Canada since Confederation in 1867, including 12 for prime ministers, seven for governors general and eight for cabinet ministers. The last state funeral for a Canadian prime minister was for Pierre Trudeau in 2000.

Source: CBC News October 05, 2020 19:30 UTC