[skippy the wonder dog]

Speaking of which, here was my all time fav PM moment you would never see happen in any other country!

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Priceless.

That was something that Chretien was always very good at.

It's interesting, the "unpresidential" thing. Having created powerful national myths, America needs its president to embody those myths, so he is expected to behave something like an elected monarch, that is, untouchable. But Canada seems to enjoy reminding its prime ministers that they remain, above all, our employees, and so they shouldn't get big ideas about being all important.