It’s official: President Obama is not afraid of Canadians.

Asked at a North American summit in Mexico today about the fact that the Canadian health care system has “become a political football” in the United States during the debate over health care, Mr. Obama said he expects “Canadians will continue to get dragged in by those who oppose reform.”

“I don’t find Canadians particularly scary, but I guess some of the opponents of reform think that they make a good boogeyman,” the president said at a press conference with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

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