Okay, sorry to do this, but I want to say something about hosting the Olympics. I still remember Pearson Airport being decked out in the Olympic logos when MONTREAL hosted the Games in '76. I remember the Queen's address to the crowds broadcast live -- yes, live TV then was still 'the shit'. The country was still riding high from the Centennial projects of '67, the highlight of which of was Montreal's Grand Exposition, probable the greatest World's Fair ever held. Drapeau had been on Ed Sullivan because of the genius of using the earth removed to create subway lines to create ISLANDS with pavillions. WTF! Things like this had never been done. They did the first 'Big Dig', burying their expressway long before Boston. For a while, in the days of McLuhan, Canada's '72 defeat of the Soviets in hockey, Montreal and Canada were just about the coolest places. The country was dreaming big. I think this attitude is evident in cities like Toronto with the construction of the CN Tower (then the tallest freestanding man-made structure in the world), Crombie Park (St. Lawrence Neighbourhood), and Skydome (then the world's only stadium with a retractable roof). We wanted to do something cutting edge and spectacular. Ontario Place, the Science Centre, and a handful of similar projects came out of this period. We've had a few good ones since then: the AGO and ROM makeovers were probably the biggest achievements in the city, also some of the work along the water and the 'Two Kings' application of Jane Jacobs' ideas about mixing uses. I'm just saying that the greatest works that have come out of this city, including the work of Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, The Painters 11, The Group of Seven, and many other artists, came out of being unafraid to make a bold creative statement. Are we saying we can't manage to pull off THE international celebration of sport, The Olympics? C'mon, let's use our ingenuity to create an incredible Olympics that changes the city for the better, and find the way to do it within a reasonable budget. If we can't do it or shy away from trying, I think that says more about how we stack up against other cities that have pulled off successful Olympics than you think. Let's rise to the challenge.