me every step of the way, he's from toronto and victoria, and also a frequent golf partner, marvin nicholson. [applause] so as you can see, they've nfiltrated all of our ranks. before i ever became president, when we celebrated my sister and conrad's marriage, michelle and i took our daughters to canada. nd we went to burlington and this is always -- missisogwa. then we went to toronto and niagara falls. [laughter] i can do that. and everywhere we went, the canadian people made us feel right at home. tonight, we want our canadian friends to feel at home. so this is not a dinner, it's supper. we thought of serving up some poutin. was going to bring -- and we'd finish off the night with a double-double. but i draw the line at getting milk out of a bag. this, we americans do not understand. we do, however, have a little canadian whiskey. that we do understand. this visit has been a celebration of the values that we share. we as a people are committed to the principles of equality and opportunity the idea that if you , work hard and play by the rules, you can make it if you try, no matter what t