Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff said: “I feel angry about it, actually,” he said Wednesday. “I feel that VANOC, yeah, it hasn’t been perfect – there’ve been some glitches – but this is a great Games and, from the Canadian point of view, this is one of the greatest moments in our national life since (centennial celebrations in) 1967.”
My response: For WHO do you speak for, Mr. Ignatieff? And it hasn’t been perfect? It’s been far from perfect!!! Putting the Olympic glitches and technical difficulties and weather problems aside, let’s look at the over-budgeting. 64% of Canadians in the Vancouver Olympic referendum (40% turnout rate) said very clearly that they agreed to hosting the Olympics based on the fact that it would cos them $1 BILLION, not $7 plus billion!!!! You can sit in your first-class seat at the Olympic games and the easily return to Ottawa and think that all is beautiful. You are so disconnected from the “Canadian point of view”. The majority of Canadians that I’ve spoken with are tired. They are tired of working 50hrs. They are tired of politicians’ lies. They are tired of misallocation of their hard-earned tax dollars. While these are not new complaints, this is the reality nonetheless. So if you, Mr. Ignatieff really want celebrate a great “national” moment, get in touch with the people’s priorities first.
See: http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=capress-oly_ignatieff_critics-174056127&prov=capress&type=lgns
