PQ Gets Tedious over Vancouver Olympics Win

QUEBEC CITY - There is mixed reaction in Quebec to news that Vancouver will host the 2010 Olympic games.

Quebec City was trying to host the same games, but lost to Vancouver for the right to represent Canada.

Although Premier Jean Charest is congratulating Vancouver, the leader of the opposition isn't so charitable.

Parti Québécois leader Bernard Landry is using the Vancouver result to argue Quebec should be sovereign.

Landry says Quebec City could still have been on the ballot if it was an independent country.

So what Landry is saying is that the Quebec bid, which couldn't beat Vancouver's bid during the Canadian competition, would have been able to do so on the international stage? Is he saying that Quebec (the province and the city) should have spent a lot more money than they did to lose to Vancouver? I'm confused here.

Quebec City Mayor Jean-Paul L'Allier says the Vancouver result puts an end to any ambitions Quebec City had of hosting the Olympics.

Oh boo-hoo. There are a limited number of places in the world which can host a Winter Olympics, and Quebec City's chance will come around again. What the Vancouver result does put an end to is any hope Jean-Paul L'Allier had of being "The Man Who Brought the Olympics to Quebec City."