The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday edition that Brian Mulroney sat on the board of Montreal-based media company Quebecor for more than two decades until his death. A triple-bylined item led by Nicolas Van Praet says that in a sign of the respect he commanded, he remained "Mr. Mulroney" to chief executive officer Pierre-Karl Peladeau until the end. The former prime minister carved out a unique place in the hearts and minds of Canada's business and political leaders, and that was especially true in Quebec, his home province. He might have failed to bring Quebec into the Constitution, but that did not stop him from receiving the Order of Quebec in 2002. He was the first Canadian prime minister to be given the honour. "My family has always been in Quebec for the last 150 years," a beaming Mr. Mulroney told reporters at the time, in the Salon Rouge of Quebec's legislature. "For me and my family it's an important day." Mr. Mulroney died Thursday, surrounded by his family. Close associates and friends recall him as a big-thinking Prime Minister who ushered in transformative change for Canada, including major tax reform and continent-spanning trade deals, culminating in the North American Free Trade Agreement.