British Columbia premier John Horgan's wife Ellie Horgan, left, talks with Elder THE-LA-ME-YE Shirley Alphonse, who is from the Hul'q'umi'num People of Cowichan Nation and is a spiritual leader of T'Sou-ke Nation, after she spoke during a state memorial for Horgan in Colwood, B.C., on Sunday, December 15, 2024. Horgan, Canada's ambassador to Germany and a former NDP premier who formed a minority government in 2017, died last month after his third bout with cancer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck