The fact that George W. Bush decided to make his first post-presidential speech in Calgary is intriguing on so many levels. Bush has spent very little time in Canada in his whole life. His DUI means he requires a waiver to visit the country. And Canadian law requires that anyone significantly suspected of war crimes should not be allowed into the country.
Yet Bush came, gave his speech, not being anywhere near the protestors that were outside the Telus Convention Center.
We don't normally get too deep in the U.S. politics part on this site, but the circumstances do lend themselves to approaching these topics.
From my day job, here is a preview of Bush' speech in Calgary, complete with analysis on whether Bush should have been admitted or subsequently arrested. The second part is more on the reaction from those in Calgary to Bush being in their city.
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