Obama tells us what we want to hear, and Canadians love him for it: Neil Macdonald

The U.S. president gives parliamentarians lots to cheer about as his political summer sets

U.S. President Barack Obama acknowledges people chanting "Four more years" after addressing the Parliament in the House of Commons in Ottawa Wednesday. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

By Neil Macdonald, CBC News Posted: Jun 30, 2016

The American president's speech to the House of Commons will inevitably be described as historic, because Canadians still really love Barack Obama. We think he might secretly be Canadian.

And the very fact that the most powerful leader on Earth stood in our Parliament and shouted that "the world NEEDS more Canada" is enough to leave many of us glowing with true patriot love and swollen with affection for our sort-of-similar cousins.

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