Ad of the Day: WestJet Surprises a Hardworking Dad With the Sweetest Gift for Father's Day

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Even on Father's Day, advertising has plenty of fun at Dad's expense. But Canadian airline WestJet has just raised the bar with a Father's Day ad that captures everything we admire about fathers: their courage, their sacrifice, and how we desperately need them.

Having to work back in their hometown, Marc Grimard was separated from his youngest son Joel, who is living at Ronald McDonald House in Edmonton as he receives treatment for a congenital heart defect.

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