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The idea of another Olympics in Calgary is a perennial debate, popping up once in a while to divide local citizens.

This time, the subject has been raised by an unlikely figure. Quebec City Mayor Regis Labeaume sparked conversations across the country when he suggested his town consider a co-host bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics alongside Calgary, Vancouver and Lake Placid, N.Y.

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The logistics of such an arrangement are questionable, but the idea of a Calgary bid is more enticing to two city councillors.

“I certainly appreciate the offer,” said Ward 10 Coun. Andre Chabot. “I don’t think it’s an offer that I’d be willing to entertain. I’d be more interested in looking at doing something independently.”

“I think in Calgary, we have a can-do attitude,” said Coun. Ray Jones of Ward 5. “We work with what we have.”

Sharing the event across such a great distance means “you wouldn’t get the economies of scale that we did, and the success that we were able to achieve,” said Chabot.