Good news Canada! President Obama isn't afraid of us!

At the closing news conference of the Summit of the Americas, Barack Obama was asked about the bitter fight in his country over health-care reform — and how his proposal has been vilified by some critics as being "Canadian."

Obama's answer: "I don't find Canadians particularly scary, but I guess some of the opponents of reform think they make a good boogeyman."

The U.S. president also says he believes that as the debate rages in the U.S., he expects Canada will continue to be dragged into it.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper decided to steer clear of this political minefield saying, "this is an American debate and a responsibility of the provinces."

— James Fitz-Morris