Feeble excuses for lack of French
Still smarting from criticism over the lack of French at last year's Olympic opening ceremonies, John Furlong, the CEO for the Vancouver games, just can't let go. He has set out his defence in a new book, and a more self-pitying, self-indulgent exercise in trying to justify the indefensible is hard to imagine. This was the show that, other than the official speeches and introduction of athletes, which were...


->34869] Dans un livre récemment paru, l'ex-président du COVAN impute à Gilles Vigneault la presque absence du français lors des cérémonies d'ouverture des jeux de Vancouver. Monsieur Vigneault aurait imposé des conditions tellement «scandaleuses» (outrageous) à l'interprétation éventuelle de sa chanson Mon pays lors de ces cérémonies, que le comité s'est retrouv...






