Former NDP leader Ed Broadbent a respected and well-loved figure in Canadian politics for decades will be laid to rest today in a state funeral in Ottawa.
Former NDP leader Ed Broadbent, a widely respected figure described as a "giant" in Canadian politics by one of his former rivals, will be laid to rest today
An academic drawn into politics at the apex of Trudeaumania, he steered the party to unprecedented popularity in the late 1980s but it wasn’t enough to see him become the first New Democrat prime minister