BARACK & CANADA BUILDING OUR FUTURE...TOGETHER
A Canuck friend sent this to me. It is a speech Barack Obama gave to their House and Senate in 2016. Stirring, humorous & poignant.
Worth your time to watch.
As an American who recently immigrated to Canada, I found this speech exciting, motivating and hopeful.
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I'm enthralled by numerous comments Obama makes here. One in particular is about refugees.
When Penelope and I were contemplating moving to Vancouver, a Canuck friend sent a news item where Canada welcomed something like 20,000 immigrants in a few months.
There were several interviews with the new Canadians and one in particular brought us to tears. It was a father of three who was asked how it felt to be out of a war zone.
The dad replied, "My children can play outside and not have to worry about being bombed by planes or shot in the playground."
Powerful!
And now we too are immigrants.