Mulroney’s former photographer reflects on his favourite photo of the former PM [Video]

On the sidelines of the 1987 Commonwealth Heads of Government conference in Vancouver, Brian Mulroney’s official photographer snapped what would become his most cherished image of the former prime minister. 

As mourners filed past Mulroney’s casket in Ottawa on Wednesday, Bill McCarthy, who has been hired by the Mulroney family to record the week of commemoration now unfolding, said that photograph captured “the most touching thing” he’s ever seen.

McCarthy said Rita MacNeil had just finished performing at the summit’s opening dinner when the RCMP marched in to inform the assembled world leaders that they’d received a serious bomb threat and the room needed to be cleared. 

“I remember walking down through a kitchen with (then Indian prime minister) Rajiv Gandhi behind me and (then U.K. prime minister) Margaret Thatcher in front of me,” McCarthy told CBC News this week. “Within 30 seconds, we’re in this room where we’re going …