![]() The two old friends spoke about a month ago, and May said Mowat was still brimming with energy and ideas - and his usual outrage against the Conservative government. She had been planning to call Mowat on Monday to wish him a happy 93rd birthday. “He was family,” May said as she absorbed the news of his death, which came as a surprise to her. ![]() Mowat was also godfather to Green Party Leader Elizabeth May’s 22-year-old daughter, Victoria Cate. ![]() Mowat was obviously a passionate Canadian, who shaped a lot of my generation growing up with his books and he will be sorely missed.” And actually, he gave us a Labrador retriever we called Farley, who had a penchant for running after porcupines, as I remember. He was a family friend from my childhood he came up to Harrington Lake a few times. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said Wednesday on Parliament Hill: “I’d like to start by reflecting on the sad news that we just learned that Farley Mowat has just passed away. He was so good-natured and down to earth. He loved this country with a passion and threw himself into the fray - in wartime as well, also with a passion. ![]() Farley was a great and iconic Canadian who understood our environmental problems decades before others did. Mowat’s friends, authors Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson, told the Star in an email: “We are deeply sorry to hear this sad news. ![]()
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