Fourth to take the podium, hockey legend Wayne Gretzky delivered a short speech full of anecdotes, such as the time former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney called him to wish him good luck before an important hockey game.
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Like himself, Brian Mulroney ended up chatting longer with Wayne Gretzky’s father than with Wayne Gretzky himself.
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“I first met him in 1984 when he became Conservative leader. A few years later he called me to say: my wife Mila wants to organize a charity hockey game [pour la fibrose kystique] in Ottawa. I replied: of course.”
“The match was wonderful because we raised a lot of money and we raised a lot of awareness, but we were so excited to go to 24 Sussex! I thought it was incredible to go to the biggest house in the country.”
Watch Wayne Gretzky’s speech in the video above.