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riversedge

(81,541 posts)
Thu Jun 30, 2016, 11:55 AM Jun 2016

Canada's House Of Commons Absolutely Adores President Obama

Glad to see Canada give Pres Obama the respect he deserves.



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Canada's House Of Commons Absolutely Adores President Obama

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/06/canadian-parliament-greets-president-obama

By LeftOfCenter


6/29/16 9:00pm

President Obama met with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and Mexican President, Enrique Peña Nieto, at the North American Summit in Ottawa, Canada. Perhaps the best part of the trip was when our President Obama entered the House of Commons.

President Obama was greeted with the respect and adulation he never received in the U.S. Congress. Canada is obviously much more appreciative of a competent leader. President Obama addressed the Canadian Parliament:

"Thank you for this extraordinary welcome, which tempts me to just shut up and leave because it can’t get any better than this,” Obama began.

But continue he did, for a full 50 minutes, touching on everything from equal pay for women and climate change to economic justice.


Click here for the full transcript of the speech. ......
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Canada's House Of Commons Absolutely Adores President Obama (Original Post) riversedge Jun 2016 OP
It was a barn burner for sure. The audience were up and down, numerous interruptions of applause, monmouth4 Jun 2016 #1
It was wonderful... Spazito Jun 2016 #2

monmouth4

(10,780 posts)
1. It was a barn burner for sure. The audience were up and down, numerous interruptions of applause,
Thu Jun 30, 2016, 12:33 PM
Jun 2016

it truly was one of his best. Then they began the "Four More Years" chant and you could see he was quite moved..

Spazito

(56,075 posts)
2. It was wonderful...
Thu Jun 30, 2016, 12:44 PM
Jun 2016

Canadians love him, see him as a transformative President. His speech was a barn burner, I loved every minute of it, he spoke longer than scheduled, speaking about the ties that bind our two countries and so much more.

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