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Just over two years after he left office, former U.S. president Barack Obama will speak in Calgary.

The 44th U.S. president, whose policies have been targeted by his successor, Donald Trump, will appear March 5 at the Scotiabank Saddledome about a year after his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, drew a sold-out crowd at the Stampede Corral.

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“Obama’s legacy is coloured by who his successor is and, to some degree, who his predecessor was,” said University of Calgary political scientist Terry Terriff.

The two-term Democratic president was the first African-American to occupy the White House, and took office in the midst of the economic meltdown of 2008-09.

He steered the country through that crisis to lead the longest stretch of job creation in America’s history, while overhauling the U.S. health-care system with the Affordable Care Act.

That latter achievement is Obama’s marquee domestic legacy, for now, said Terriff.