a few years ago I was here in Ottawa for
Canada Day and and it was the year that
the Queen was here and and I sort of got
pushed to the front and had a chance to
stand and talk with the Queen for a
minute and my wife was next to me and I
introduced my wife to the Queen and my
wife was awestruck and she opened her
mouth but no sound came out and and and
the Queen and I both looked at my wife
for a minute realized that my wife was
not going to be making any noise so we
went back and talked to the Queen again
and my wife has never lived it down so
it's it's embarrassing for her but also
extremely funny within the family but to
be you know on Parliament Hill meeting
the Queen on Canada Day as a family and
in addition to that of a funny little
family story that goes with it to me
that's I think that's one of my favorite
candidate memories the best thing about
being a Canadian is how Canadians treat
each other we have a long history in
Canada of of a patient's and a tolerance
I mean we sure don't always get it right
but if you look at all the other
countries of the world look at how
they've set up their civilization and
their rules and their expectations of
each other I've lived in a lot of places
traveled a lot and been around the world
many many times and there is no place
that that feels like home like Canada
does and it's because of how we treat
each other to me that that is the very
essence of the specialness of the
country that I'm from