Bono: "I believe the world needs more Canada."

The biggest star at the Liberal convention swaggered onstage Friday with his shirt unbuttoned, his language a tad salty – and a vow to be a “pain in the ass” to the party’s new leader.
And thousands of Liberals cheered, screamed and whistled for Bono every step of the way.
U2′s frontman was an unconventional guest speaker at the party’s leadership convention, lauding Canada’s history of foreign aid but adding that it must do much more.
“I’m a fan of Canada,” Bono told the cheering crowd.
“I believe the world needs more Canada.”
The rocker lent a patina of glamour and buzz to an event that lacked much in the way of any real dramatics. But in exchange for his appearance, he made it clear that he expected Paul Martin to build on the legacy of his predecessors in the fight against global poverty.
“If (Martin) carries the mantle of Pearson, Trudeau and Chretien, if he joins with the groups leading this fight . . . then Canada – O Canada! – will show the world the way forward,” he said.
“It’s not just that everybody likes Canada. Everybody respects Canada because something is going on here.
“You’ve avoided a stigma that’s attached to the West . . . that other parts of the world regard with such suspicion.”
Wearing wraparound sunglasses and a pair of hoop earrings, the Irish rocker admitted he was a strange choice as speaker for a Canadian political event.
“You will have to forgive me if I’m a little shy – you know, I’m not used to speaking to crowds of less than 25,000,” he said to chuckles in the spellbound audience.

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