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The Canada pavillion – Stephen Harper should be ashamed

February 5, 2010 - 9:34 am | 0 Comments Posted by Jonathan Ross

Breathtaking, isn't it?

The situation with regards to the Canadian pavilion – in theory, something that should have been one of the jewels of the Olympics – is a national disgrace.

Now, before I go on, let me say that in general, I am shocked to still see general work and even construction happening across the downtown core at this late stage in the game.  From the Alberta showcase to the tents around BC Place, it seems as though many attractions will be ready to go just in time for the start of the opening ceremonies.

But with regards to the Canadian government’s involvement, the sordid details speak for themselves

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FACT OF THE DAY

An article titled Vancouver Politics by Paul Tennant in The Vancouver Book (1976), describes the entry of TEAM onto the civic political scene in 1968. TEAM, wrote Tennant, “sought to be a moderate reform group appealing to persons of all political ideologies.”

On their left was COPE (the Committee of Progressive Electors), also formed in 1968, and on their right was the NPA (the Non-Partisan Association), which had been a power in city politics for nearly four decades, and which “held that the affairs of the city should be run by those with the necessary knowledge and experience, i.e., those with a professional-managerial background, in order to run the city in a business-like way.”

The reformers, on the other hand, “felt that civic decision-making should be open to the public, with leadership coming from a cross-section of the population, and rule going to the working class majority. This group was concerned about land use, they advocated city control, and preferred to structure politics around the neighborhood concept.”

Quote OF THE DAY

“It was very diverse, and we got together by word of mouth. There were professors, business people, labor, lawyers and from all across the city. It was a coalescing of people around the idea we should do something.” – former City Councillor Setty Pendakur on the formation Vancouver’s reform movement and its political manifestation – TEAM – came into being in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s.

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