Justin Trudeau just did a pretty good Scottish accent at Edinburgh University

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July 5, 2017 1:57 PM

The Canadian PM told a story about his great-grandfather fishing in Scotland and then said the phrase 'if I cannae fish I canna live!' in a Scottish accent.

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The Canadian prime minister was speaking at a graduation

He said: "Another great Scot [was] my grandfather, Jimmy Sinclair. He was born in Banffshire and, as family lore had it, his father, my great-grandfather, James George Sinclair, who was a local schoolteacher was also a passionate fisherman. And, unfortunately, back then there were rules around who can fish in which streams.

"And about the fourth or fifth time the local constable caught him, and threatened to throw him in jail if he caught him once again fishing in the laird’s stream, as family lore has it, my great grandfather says: "But if I cannae fish I canna live!""

"So he went home, unrolled his schoolhouse maps, looks at a big map of Canada, pointed to a spot on the west coast of the country, and says "There! British Columbia, where we can be free and no man owns the fish."

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