After several lengthy council meetings, umpteen debates in the media and a lot of vague information (and misinformation), Calgary’s flirtation with bidding for the 2026 Winter Olympics may be coming to an end. In Tuesday’s meeting of Calgary City Council’s priorities and finance committee, the body voted to have a “temperature check” vote in Monday’s full council meeting to gauge their willingness to continue the bid process.
If a majority of council doesn’t vote to continue the process, the bid will die.
What’s happening?
Yesterday’s committee meeting featured a motion to approve having a plebiscite to gauge public support for a bid – a vote has been proposed by the provincial government as a condition of funding the full bid.