While in town for the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper gala, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. sat down with John Allemang of the Globe and Mail and Waterkeeper Mark Mattson to talk about 10 years of Waterkeeping here in Canada:

“I think two or three provinces have declared me to be unwelcome,” he says, and his weather-beaten face creases into a smile. “But I don’t really feel like an outsider in Canada. First, a fifth of the freshwater in the world is here. So it’s hard to say you’re doing anything about protecting water if you’re ignoring Canada. And second, I love this country. My mother’s family’s from Montreal, I spend 20 per cent of my working life on Canadian issues and at least half of my vacation time in Canada.”

Mr. Kennedy may be the best celebrity spokesman the country could have. He admires Canada at a political level, despite Mr. Oliver’s comments: “I think Canadians have something that we’ve lost in the U.S. – there’s a stronger sense of community and a more effective democracy.”

Read the full, two-part feature from February 10 via Is Bobby Kennedy pursuing a ‘radical ideological agenda’? – The Globe and Mail.