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It's Thursday February the 4 around 7:50AM and

Vancouver 2010: Canada's $10 Million 'Rinky Dink' Tent

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Photo: Ric Ernst, PNG

Honestly. How did we eff this up? We spent $10 million on a big white tent? And no media has yet to see inside because they are still working on it. Or because it is just really lame. Or both. And possibly since it won't open until February 13th. A day after the opening ceremonies. It's not like we didn't know when the games were.

Prime Minister Harper should lay the smack down on whoever in the Heritage Ministry is responsible this fail. Especially the spokeswoman Dierdra McCracken who told The Province: "We think it looks quite nice. There will be lighting effects the public hasn't seen. We want them to wait before forming their opinions."

And more likely James Moore, the Minister himself, who said this, "Sure, if we wanted to put 50 or a hundred million dollars into a pavilion, we might dazzle some architects out there, but the reality is, this is a hosting venue. It's family friendly, and I believe it's going to more than meet all the expectations that Canadians have for their pavilion."

That will be an awkward conference call after Harper gets that pull quote on his desk I'm guessing.

I guess that means I can scratch this off my list of things to see during the games too.

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