- Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who forged close ties with two Republican US presidents through a sweeping free trade agreement that was once vilified but is now celebrated, died at age 84 February 29, 2024. He is pictured in July 21, 2020. Photo: OSV News photo/Mathieu Belanger, Reuters Susan Korah When St John Paul II arrived in Ottawa in 1984, the first pontiff to visit this country, greeting him in Ottawa was Canada’s 18th prime minister, Brian Mulroney, one of 10 Catholics who have held that office since 1867. The “little guy from Baie Comeau,” raised by Irish Catholic working-class parents, had come…
