Hillary Clinton warns Canadians ‘democracy is under attack’<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nEarlier in the day Thursday, Obama\u00a0was golfing with Bill Clinton\u00a0and another former president, George W. Bush, at a golf tournament in New Jersey.\u00a0Bill Clinton is also making a visit to Toronto for a speech next week.<\/p>\n
The Obama event is expected to attract an estimated 3,000 and the crowd will include Canadian politicians from all levels of government. Some members of Parliament are coming from Ottawa.\u00a0MPPs from Queen’s Park will be there, including Premier Kathleen Wynne, and Toronto Mayor John Tory is also expected to attend.<\/p>\n
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Former U.S. Presidents, from left, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton greet spectators at the Presidents Cup at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, N.J., Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. (Julio Cortez\/Associated Press)<\/p>\n
The event is being hosted by an Ottawa-based think-tank called Canada2020. Tim Barber, its co-founder, told CBC\u00a0the organization is excited to host the president and that this will be “one of the most important political events that’s happened in the city for\u00a0a long time.”<\/p>\n
Obama is expected to speak for about 30 minutes and then take questions posed by Bruce Heyman, who was a\u00a0U.S. ambassador to Canada for\u00a0Obama’s administration. Heyman\u00a0stepped down after President\u00a0DonaldTrump’s inauguration and\u00a0is now an adviser to Canada2020.<\/p>\n
‘Once in a lifetime opportunity’<\/h2>\n
“For many, this will be a once in a lifetime opportunity to see and hear President Obama live. Canada 2020 is thrilled to help spread his message of civic engagement, community leadership and tolerance,” Heyman said on the group’s website.<\/p>\n
Since leaving office in January,\u00a0Obama and his wife, Michelle, have been unwinding on yachts with celebrity friends,\u00a0vacationing and giving speeches around the world. They’ve also started a new foundation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The couple is still living in Washington while their younger daughter Sasha finishes high school.<\/p>\n
Obama is also recovering from dropping his older daughter Malia off at Harvard to begin college a few weeks ago. He told an audience on Monday in Delaware that it was “a little bit like open-heart surgery.”<\/p>\n
“I was proud that I did not cry in front of her,” the former president said.<\/p>\n
This is Obama’s second visit to Canada since leaving the White House. He was in Montreal in June<\/a> for a speech where he emphasized the importance of civic engagement, a theme he is likely to repeat on Friday.<\/p>\nAfter the Montreal speech Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had dinner together.<\/p><\/p>\n
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