Long after its best-before date, the ‘Big Owe’ lives on

Quebec Premier François Legault says he wants a new roof and new lease on life for the Montreal Olympic Stadium.

Cash-strapped Quebec taxpayers are expected to foot a bill of at least $750-million to repair a stadium without a sports tenant to host trade shows and monster truck events, while remaining empty half the year, writes Andrew Caddell. Photograph courtesy of Nic Redhead/Flickr

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

October 25, 2023

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—I boycotted the 1976 Summer Olympics. I doubt the hundreds of thousands of people who came to Montreal noticed, and while I did go downtown that summer, I refused to attend any events or even apply for a job. I just did not want to be associated with what ...

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