Will Quebec, in turn, embark on the race for the 2030 Winter Games? The mayor of the Canadian city, Régis Labeaume, dismissed the idea last June. But a local promoter, Mark Charest, says he wants to bring the project out of the box. According to Radio-Canada, he has already started encouraging discussions with the Canadian Olympic Committee (CAC). Mark Charest explains working in the shadows for two years for a candidacy for the Winter Games, but he waited to talk more concretely with Tricia Smith, the president of the Canadian Olympic committee, and Walter Sieber, the former vice-President, before unveiling his project and launching a website. The Canadian promoter explains wanting to survey the population and the business community before pushing a possible application further. According to his estimates, the Winter Games in Quebec would cost just over 6 billion Canadian dollars, or less than 4 billion euros. In the absence of Olympic-standard ski slopes in Quebec, Mark Charest does not rule out making common cause with Vancouver, in western Canada, where a bid for the 2030 Winter Games is also under consideration.
