not sure what happened, but according to this article, this isn't a change in federal funding; the Fed contributed half to the vancouver bid as well... the policy has been in place for a decade according to the article...
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...lympics-could/
so, i am uncertain how/what happened with bidco/city/province/federal government? you'd think an autopsy of the vancouver bid financing and results would be one of the very first things that everyone would be looking through?
not sure if its a lack of transparency if this is the same model as the Vancouver bid