State Funeral for Former NDP Leader Ed Broadbent Will Be Held in Ottawa Today

Former NDP leader Ed Broadbent delivers remarks at the start of the Progress summit in Ottawa, on April 1, 2016. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

A state funeral will be held on Jan. 28 in Ottawa for former NDP leader Ed Broadbent.

Broadbent, who died Jan. 11 at the age of 87, served as a member of Parliament for more than two decades, and led the NDP for 14 years in the 1970s and 1980s.