2014 Summary task - Chris Hadfield is one proud Canadian ...

 Chris Hadfield is one proud Canadian Chris Hofley, Toronto SunOTTAWA - Chris Hadfield is used to people admiring him from thousands of kilometers away.257683070485So does the idea of performing in front of thousands during Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill get the butterflies going?"It doesn't make me nervous," said the now-retired Canadian astronaut, only six weeks away from being the first Canadian in command of the International Space Station.Hadfield has led bands before so while he's not nervous about performing the song, he couldn't be more excited."It's perfect, what could be nicer?" he said during a stroll in Ottawa Sunday morning. "I'm excited."The song, I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing), made the country smile from the moment Hadfield and Robertson first sang it from their respective places in orbit and on Earth. The crowning moment, Hadfield said, was singing the song live from space along with a million students across the country.Though he officially said goodbye to space travel after returning from his latest mission, he takes the ongoing responsibility as a role model very seriously.He doesn't want a kid's dream of becoming an astronaut to seem as unrealistic as it did when he, as a nine-year-old, decided that's what he wanted to be when he grew up."It was ridiculous," Hadfield said. "There were no Canadians in the astronaut program.” You'd be hard pressed to find a prouder Canadian than Hadfield."We're not the biggest population in the world, we're not the wealthiest country in the world, but we are a really good country," he said.A country, Hadfield added, that can accommodate whatever dreams kids have."Canada gives us a wonderful opportunity to lead a good life and that's what means the most to me," he said. "(Canadians) play hockey, we do peacekeeping around the world, we are artists and poets and scientists and engineers, and we fly spaceships." ................
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