President on the street here.” The cookies sell for $2.45 each-the same price Obama paid for them in 2009. Says Bonnet: “He made history by being the first black President. But even if Mitt Romney had won, he claims he still would have kept making the Obama cookies and maintaining his photo shrine to the U.S. Bonnet never thought he would sell this many cookies in his life. Afterwards, Bonnet had to hire more staff to meet demand. A local bus strike had hurt business dramatically. The cookies can also be purchased with a metal container, which includes a Barack Obama coaster and comes in a box that says “Ottawa.”īack in 2009, that Obama visit was a blessing for the shop. Several government agencies buy the cookies in bulk to take to the U.S. The “Obama cookies,” as they are now called, are made from one custom-made copper cookie cutter and each one is hand-painted with red icing. At the post-Obama peak, he was turning out 20,000. Shop owner Claude Bonnet says before the visit he maybe sold 800 a month. Since then, the demand for the cookies has been incredible. He famously stopped in at the historic market, where he purchased three maple-leaf-shaped shortbread cookies from bakery Le Moulin de Provence. Obama made his first international visit to Ottawa in February 2009. I am worried about the message we are sending in that sense.”Ī huge “phew” was heard in Ottawa’s ByWard Market after Barack Obama was re-elected President. Re-elected on November 6, 2012, his second inauguration was on January 20, 2013, and his presidency ended on Januwith the inauguration of Donald Trump. It’s something I am looking forward to having a lot of serious discussion about.” Still, Trudeau says smoking marijuana is part of a larger problem: “As a society we are trying to convince people to live healthier lives. Barack Obama, a Democrat from Illinois, was elected President of the United States on Novemand was inaugurated as the nation's 44th president on January 20, 2009. I am actually very open to legalization and specifically tax and regulation the way they are calling it in the States. I am fully a supporter of decriminalization. (Young Liberals successfully pushed for approval at recent conventions.) Liberal leadership front-runner Justin Trudeau had been against legalization, but now says, “I’ve certainly evolved from conversations with supporters and Liberals. He was the first president born there and the first to be born after the country had 50 states. cabinet minister likely to enter the Liberal leadership race, says that while the party’s official position on pot is legalization, many in her caucus are not supportive. Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he was raised by his mother and her parents. election unfolded, with Washington and Colorado approving propositions to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. My wife? She's planning the dress already.Liberal MP Joyce Murray was giving the thumbs up as the U.S. Me, I'm a jaded old journalist a lot of the time, but the White House invite remains one of the most-special things in my life. I don't know how many are invited this year, but I do thank the President for ensuring there are no more family splits and that couples are now invited. The shrieks could be heard from Boston to Belmullet. Worse, invitations were only offered singly, meaning many wives and husbands had to be left behind. Grown men were said to have threatened hara kiri if they were not placed on the list. The gnashing of teeth could be heard from Boulder to Belfast. No doubt the President thought a Saint Patrick's present to loyal supporters of long standing was a nice gesture.Ĭonsequently, the numbers of Irish Americans was down sharply. Last year, there were almost as many Obama political friends from Illinois as Irish Americans. This year, after the shenanigans a few months ago with the gatecrashing couple, it certainly will not happen. That was not good enough for one Irish American leader who stood forlornly outside the southeast gate, desperately hoping that some passing influential figure would give him a magic pass. The Irish government had to host a separate party in a downtown hotel last year to somehow mollify those left out. Irish Americans have been known to throw tantrums worthy of Britney Spears when they find they are not on the list. The hardest invite every year is to the White House Saint Patrick's Day party, presided over by the Irish Prime Minister and the President. The ornate handwriting and the address was a dead giveaway. The invitation slipped softly through the mailbox this morning.
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