After Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to visit Canada today

Obama is expected to address a gathering of around 3000 people at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto. He will speak on global citizenship.

The former US President will be hosted by a left leaning, non-profit Ottawa based think tank, Canada 2020.

This is Obama's second visit to the country. Earlier, he came to Montreal in June.

Alex Paterson, a spokesman for Canada 2020, considers Obama's visit to be a major political event in Canada and he also expects a huge crowd to gather.

Paterson, however, feels the event will not be attended by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, though the latter dined with the former last time in Montreal.

It would be an interesting event to see whether Obama criticises the present US President Donald Trump at a time the latter is dismantling several policies made by the former.

One of the recent examples is the Paris accord from where the US has withdrawn its name.

Clinton, the former US secretary of State, said on Thursday that the "democracy is under attack", not just in the US, but also in Canada and elsewhere.

The former US first lady even said she will fight against all forces that are trying to subjugate democracy with all her capabilities.

"Democracy is under attack everywhere. It's not only my country," she was quoted the CBC News.

Facebook page of Hillary Clinton

She was present in the city to promote her memoir on the US presidential election 2016, What Happened.

Clinton, who had written her experiences in the memoir, wants the future generation to know what happened in the presidential election 2016. "But I also want a concerned world to recognize that democracy is under assault," she added.

The former secretary of the state will also visit Montreal and Vancouver in the following weeks.

Clinton was defeated by Republican candidate Donald Trump in the US presidential election 2016.

(Reporting by Souvik Ghosh)