“As Premier, and as a long-serving Minister of Schooling, he established TVOntario and oversaw the creation of a number of new universities and the province’s group school system,” Trudeau mentioned.
Davis established Canada’s first environmental land‑use plan and performed a job within the patriation of the Structure, resulting in the Canadian Constitution of Rights and Freedoms, Trudeau famous in his assertion Sunday.
Davis was additionally “a talented statesman,” in line with Trudeau, and a person who championed efforts on basic points resembling range and human rights alongside Trudeau’s father, former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
“In recognition of his many accomplishments, Mr. Davis was sworn in as a member of the Queen’s Privy Council of Canada in 1982. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1986 and as a Companion of the Order of Ontario in 1987, and inducted as a Knight in France’s Legion of Honor in 2001,” mentioned Trudeau.
Trudeau supplied his condolences to Davis’s household and associates and referred to Davis as a “outstanding chief.”
“Whereas his accomplishments as Premier are too many to listing, he shall be remembered most for the kindness and decency with which he carried himself day-after-day,” Ford mentioned.
He thanked the Davis household for sharing Invoice Davis with Ontario. “We’re higher for it, and he shall be deeply missed by all,” Ford mentioned.
CNN’s Amanda Watts and Susannah Cullinane contributed to this report.
