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USA is hardly likely to make a bid for the Summer Olympics until the US Olympic Committee and the IOC mend some badly damaged fences and until Homeland Security is a bit more welcoming of foreigners visiting the country.
Canada will pay dearly for its inability to mount a national bid. Whatever city bids for Canada will be the target of endless sniping by all other parts of the country as well as many in the host city itself. This makes it hard to pour the sort of money into the event that other countries appear willing to do.
In many countries the Olympic bid becomes a point of national pride - Athens, Beijing, Rio, and this trend is likely to increase in future. Gone are the days when only a handful of countries could mount a serious bid.
So Canada, including Toronto, enjoy Vancouver because it is the last Olympics we will see in the lifetimes of may of us. And that's a good thing isn't it. Now we can put all those billions into housing for the poor, reducing taxes, public transport and all those other things that the detractors say we should.
Oh, and by the way, we really are too parsimonious as a nation to hold events like the Olympics, Expos, World Cups, etc.
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Canada will pay dearly for its inability to mount a national bid. Whatever city bids for Canada will be the target of endless sniping by all other parts of the country as well as many in the host city itself. This makes it hard to pour the sort of money into the event that other countries appear willing to do.
In many countries the Olympic bid becomes a point of national pride - Athens, Beijing, Rio, and this trend is likely to increase in future. Gone are the days when only a handful of countries could mount a serious bid.
So Canada, including Toronto, enjoy Vancouver because it is the last Olympics we will see in the lifetimes of may of us. And that's a good thing isn't it. Now we can put all those billions into housing for the poor, reducing taxes, public transport and all those other things that the detractors say we should.
Oh, and by the way, we really are too parsimonious as a nation to hold events like the Olympics, Expos, World Cups, etc.
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