TOperson
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That's what happens when one felt that they need to resort to hyperbole to advance their case.
It's not hyperbole when info is provided about the displacement that occurred with past Olympics.
That's what happens when one felt that they need to resort to hyperbole to advance their case.
As if that would happen here; we don't live in a dictatorship.........yet.
It is becoming like one. It has the most CCTVs per capita of any G8 country. George Orwell would agree.Is the UK a dictatorship?
I think you meant to say so long as those morons down at City Hall are stupid enough to vote for it.http://panam.cbc.ca/news/article/marcel-aubut-coc-president-back-toronto-bid-for-2024-olympics.html
The speculation is over! We are definitely bidding for 2024! Well unless some of those morons down at City Hall vote against it...
Toronto should consider hosting the Special Olympics World Games (Summer) in 2019 or 2023.
http://panam.cbc.ca/news/article/marcel-aubut-coc-president-back-toronto-bid-for-2024-olympics.html
The speculation is over! We are definitely bidding for 2024! Well unless some of those courageous people down at City Hall vote against it...
In my view if Toronto is going to bid for anything it should be the Olympic/Paralympics first and foremost. One can convincingly argue no other international event is going to the provide the kind of prestige as well generate the type of fast-track growth the region needs in areas such as its transit infrastructure as well as expedite the waterfront development that an Olympics can offer. Moreover, Toronto has already successfully hosted the Pan Ams, which many consider "second tier" to the Olympics/Paralympics in terms of international attention and appeal, so why should we aim for another similar event over the latter? Makes more sense to maximize our tax dollars with an event that will be more impactful long term in terms of infrastructure, tourism, legacy, etc.
Does the TO bid group have its own Russian-style Internet propaganda machine, or did you birth directly from Aubut's head like Athena?
Toronto is already growing at an amazing pace, with more cranes in the air than any other North American city for 10 years plus now. We need any Olympics to spur growth? How about funding Waterfront Toronto properly for 1/10th or 1/20th the cost of an Olympics, build out LDL and Portlands without an insane new stadium, and enjoy the result?
Just because someone is pro-games doesn't equate to propaganda. Nice accusation though.
How about both? Unless you want to play the revisionist games, nobody would have given a damn about the waterfront if not for the 2008 bid.
AoD
That makes sense to me. Focus on supporting the sport(s), not the circus.On Twitter, someone suggested bidding for the 2021 aquatics championships instead: Infrastructure is now in place, with small further renovations of the Etobicoke pool and the UofT pool as the only infrastructure spend necessary. Absolute top-class swimming & diving, leveraging the Pan-Am spending. Why don't we do that instead?