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Jean Chrétien missed King Charles delivering the code from the throne Tuesday greeting due to the fact that helium is recovering from bosom surgery, according to the bureau of the erstwhile premier minister.
A spokesperson for Chrétien says helium expected to recover
Catharine Tunney · CBC News
· Posted: May 27, 2025 4:52 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
Jean Chrétien missed King Charles delivering the code from the throne Tuesday greeting due to the fact that helium is recovering aft having a bosom stent inserted, according to a spokesperson for the erstwhile premier minister.
The spokesperson said the 91-year-old — usually a gregarious beingness astatine events similar this — is expected to recover.
"Mr. Chrétien is recovering good and is expected to instrumentality location precise soon to prosecute his mean activities," Bruce Hartley told CBC News.
The connection said Chrétien wasn't feeling good earlier this week truthful helium went to the infirmary for tests and had a stent inserted Tuesday.
Former premier ministers Justin Trudeau, Stephen Harper and Kim Campbell sat unneurotic successful the Senate to instrumentality successful the historic infinitesimal alongside Mila Mulroney, widow to erstwhile premier curate Brian Mulroney, and Margaret Trudeau, ex-wife of Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
Earlier this month, Chrétien attended the swearing-in ceremonial for Prime Minister Mark Carney's caller cabinet. He besides spoke astatine magnitude during the March Liberal enactment convention.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Catharine Tunney is simply a newsman with CBC's Parliament Hill bureau, wherever she covers nationalist information and the RCMP. She worked antecedently for CBC successful Nova Scotia. You tin scope her astatine [email protected]
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