The head of the Canadian Olympic Committee said he would “use the full power” of his office to get Toronto to bid for the 2024 Olympics.
Marcel Aubut, head of the C.O.C. told reporters he would work with Toronto, Canada’s largest city, to see it that it is an official candidate by the Sept. 15 deadline set by the International Olympic Committee.
So far five cities are bidding: Boston; Budapest, Hungary; Hamburg, Germany; Paris; and Rome. Toronto lost bids to Atlanta for the 1996 Olympics, and against Beijing for the 2008 Games.
Toronto has built several Olympic-grade sites including a pool and cycling velodrome for the Pan Am Games, which ended Sunday.