Brian Mulroney funeral: How to pay your respects [Video]

OTTAWA –

People have another brief window to pay their respects to Brian Mulroney in Ottawa before the public tributes move to Montreal.

Members of the former prime minister’s family were in a ballroom across the street from Parliament Hill on Wednesday for a second day to receive condolences from a lineup of visitors.

• Obituary: Former prime minister Brian Mulroney dies at 84

Small groups were being let in after passing through security at the the Sir John A. Macdonald building. A few dozen people had lined up to be there right at 9 a.m. when the doors opened.

The mood in the room where Mulroney’s casket remained, draped with the Canadian flag and surrounded with a military honour guard, was less sombre than it was the day before.

• In pictures: Public pays respects as Mulroney lies in state

Wednesday would have been Mulroney’s 85th birthday. He died on Feb. 29.

“It’s his birthday today. Make sure you tell him happy …