And although polls indicate that Canadians are over-the-top excited about the Games, the pavilion their government erected — bought for $10 million from an American firm — has been described as a dud that could be mistaken for a M.A.S.H. tent or temporary public toilet. Andy Yan, an urban planner with one of Vancouver’s most respected architectural firms, couldn’t help but note that the Saskatchewan and Quebec pavilions put the national effort to shame.
And that doesn’t even get to the controversies over the $900-million security bill, VANOC’s continued determination to go after any unauthorized reference — good or bad — to the Olympics, the dearth of snow on Cypress Mountain, pimps trafficking humans into Vancouver for the sex trade, or the decision by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to prorogue Parliament so MPs wouldn’t be distracted by the Games, then offer to address the B.C. legislature that went into session just as the Games began.
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