Video hit the internet this week of Justin Trudeau hugging a unicorn because, at this point, Canada is actively trying to ascend to a higher, more magical spectral plane. It seems like half of the Canadian news breaking lately could easily be generated by playing a MadLibs called "What's the Most Wonderful Thing That Could Happen?"

Today, when someone played the game, the noun they chose was "puppet unicorn" and the verb they chose was "hugging" and the person they chose was "Canadian Disney prince Le Bae."

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Trudeau was inducted into Gary's Hug Club, which—get this—is a club run by this guy Gary who likes to hug people. That's it. A puppeteer with a unicorn on his hand rolls up to Trudeau's castle in the clouds or poutine palace or wherever he lives and is like "Uh, would you like to join this club I started? Actually, it wasn't started by me. It was Gary. He's the brains of the operation." And Trudeau's like "Sure, sounds legit!"

Sounds legit! Youtube

Were you aware this is a thing that you could do? I'm shewk! Had I known I certainly wouldn't still be hanging out down here in the prequel to the Handmaid's Tale, unhugged. I would've grabbed my favorite marionette, hitchhiked to Canada and joined the club.

I'm obsessed with this neurotic unicorn. He's so unassuming and yet he's the mastermind of this whole hugging scheme. He's the Bernie Madoff of embracing. My hat is off to him.

And his hat is off to me because he has a horn and he can't wear hats.

Adam Scotti & CBC Kids

Gary the Unicorn is a character on CBC Kids who clearly has his life figured out better than I do. He just goes around asking celebrities for hugs and he does it. Speaking of Handmaid's Tale, here's him hugging Margaret Atwood. On children's television!

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Atwood, of course, is the author of Wandering Wenda, a kid's book about a child searching for her parents. But we all know most kids are huge dystopia fans, so they're clearly familiar with her earlier work.

While Atwood is certainly a get, I can't get over the fact that this unicorn is embracing Everyone's Prom Date, Justin Trudeau. The audacity! I think the key is that he pretends to be a guileless rube when really he's been Keyser Soze-ing those aimable Canadians this whole time. Here he pretends to not know how to use the studio control room.

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An engaging performance but I am not fooled! I hereby demand a full investigation into Gary the Unicorn.

This is incredible. You have to love Canada. Because if you don't, Canada is just going to keep trying and I don't think I can handle anymore. They are one rainbow away from being a Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper and it's too much.

Anyway, I have to go. The glue just finished drying on this sock puppet I just made and so I have to go find Idris Elba and induct him into the club. It's a real thing! It's like Amway for physical contact. Everybody's doing it. The Hug Club!

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