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Originally Posted by getbak
Every Olympic plebiscite ever held in Canada has passed, so we'd also be bucking the trend if not approved.
2003 was directly after the scandal-filled 2002 Games bid process where the IOC's corruption was at its absolute worst and on full display. In the run-up to 2002, there was serious talk about taking the Games away from Salt Lake because the bribery and corruption of their bid was so bad. I don't know if you can say that the public perception of the IOC is worse now than it was then.
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IOC corruption certainly didn't get better from that point, especially not with a run of dictatorship Olympics. I'm guessing the general public is still more trusting of gas station sushi than it is the IOC.