SEN. DONALD OLIVER COMMENTARY: What Obama's Victory Means To Black Canadians

I'm not a subscriber to The Hill Times (Canada), so I can't access the full piece. Perhaps one of my readers subscribes. Here's a snippet from the Canadian moderate-conservative politician, whose ancestors were former U.S. slaves who emigrated to Canada during the War of 1812. Sen. Oliver argues that change is coming — and not just in USA: "Like countless other blacks across the U.S., Canada and indeed around the world, my eyes welled up with tears of jubilation in the late hours of Nov. 4 when Barack Obama was declared the 44th President of the United States. Against all the odds in a long and contentious struggle, he had broken through the great divide with dignity, intelligence and determination."