2023-07-05 20:16:04
The day following the death of Denise Bombardier, François Legault declared that Quebec is studying various ways to honor her memory, specifying however that a national funeral is not in the cards.
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“We are going to lower the flag on the day of her funeral and we are going to see if there is a way to celebrate or recognize what Ms. Bombardier has done during her extraordinary career,” said the Prime Minister during a press briefing in Quebec on Wednesday morning, adding that he will attend the funeral himself.
In the past, the government has honored public figures following their death by naming a street, bridge or park in their honor. This would take some time, however, as the rules of the toponymy commission state that a place cannot be named following someone who has been dead for less than a year.
A huge shock
In addition, the possibility of organizing a state funeral for Ms. Bombardier already seems to be excluded, while the Prime Minister specified that this is “not planned” when he was questioned on the subject.
Reached by phone, Denise Bombardier’s husband, James Jackson, said he understood that the possibility of a state funeral was mentioned in the public space, but that he personally did not expect it.
“We see it in the reaction of the Quebec press, the shock was enormous following the disappearance of Denise. But state funerals are often for big political figures, right? he observed.
Moreover, Ms. Bombardier never spoke of a possible government contribution for her funeral, according to Mr. Jackson.
“It never entered our speculations, our conversations, because Denise believed she was going to live for years and years to come,” he said. When we talked regarding death, it was in very general terms, and that was it.
No fuss
A simple ceremony, without much pomp, would also be more in line with what Ms. Bombardier would have liked, added her spouse.
“She didn’t want too much fuss, not too much show,” he explained. She told me that she was born Catholic and wanted to go Catholic, sociological Catholic I mean.
Denise Bombardier even expressed the wish that the Little Singers of Mount Royal perform certain religious songs that she loved during her funeral.
“But as I’ve always said, funerals aren’t for the person who just passed away, it’s for the people who stay and come together to honor the memory of the person who’s gone.”
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