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The Honourable David Emerson, former Liberal candidate, newly minted Conservative cabinet minister, finally emerged from hiding to appear at an Olympic photo op in Vancouver. The ceremony, held to symbolically break ground on the Olympic village, was "by invitation only" and the public was excluded. A couple of nights before, Mr. Emerson attended a Vancouver Board of Trade black tie gala, which, oddly, wasn't publicized in advance by the business group.
Mr. Emerson reportedly told those in attendance at the ground-breaking that the federal government he represents had committed $497 million to the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Hey, wait a minute! That is public money, isn't it? The Winter Games are funded by us, the taxpayers, and are supposed to be inclusive, aren't they? Why, then, was a ceremony held in a vast parking lot and attended by officials from various levels of government, closed to the public?
Is this a harbinger of things to come? Are we, the taxpayers on the hook for this multibillion dollar two week extravaganza, going to be excluded from participating in all the activities and hoopla coming our way over the next four years? Are these Olympic festivities going to be "by invitation only" - open only to the well-heeled, the tuxedo and ballroom gown set - while members of the public, the folks paying the massive Olympic bills, are barred?
THIS JUST IN....According to Leger Marketing's annual survey of the most trusted occupations, 14% of Canadians trust politicians.
That is a shocking statistic - who are these people who make up the 14% and what are they smoking?
