Mayor John Tory (open John Tory's policard) reveals there’s a “great discussion” underway for Toronto to take a sixth run at hosting the Olympic Games.

As Canada basks in a record-high medal count at the Pan Am Games, reporters asked whether the timing is right to try again for the golden prize of hosting the Olympics.

“There’s a whole variety of international events and sporting competitions that we’re now in a position to host — which I think is good for Toronto, good for Ontario and good for Canada and the Olympics is one of those, obviously, of which there is great discussion,” Tory replied.

“But the time to make any decision with respect to whether to go forward with that is after these Games are successfully concluded,” Tory continued.

His comments came at Queen’s Park on Wednesday morning after a meeting with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne.

“We have another set of Games that are very important, in Parapan, to carry out and then to sit down and talk about these things together, as we will, and decide what’s best in terms of what we go forward with — whether it’s an Olympic bid or a host of other things,” Tory said.

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The Parapan Am Games are scheduled to run Aug. 7-15.

Toronto has failed in five separate bids for the Summer Olympics since 1960, coming second to Beijing in its attempt for the 2008 Games.

Toronto’s record of failure in winning the Summer Olympics has been fodder for lengthy news articles and PhD papers.

Pressed further about taking another run at hosting the Games, the mayor added: “I guess everything’s on the table until you take it off the table.”

The deadline for bidding on the 2024 Summer Olympics is Sept. 15.

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A week ago, Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Association, told the CBC: “Toronto would be a good candidate” for hosting the 2024 Games.

In 2007, Rio de Janeiro hosted the Pan American Games and in 2009, the city was awarded the 2016 Summer Olympics.

With files from Jennifer Pagliaro

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