Toronto signed a secret agreement that gave it the right to withdraw from hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup if it didn’t receive financial support from senior levels of government by mid-2020, internal emails obtained by the Star show.
But for reasons that remain unclear, the city didn’t trigger the deal, leaving it on the hook for the skyrocketing costs of games.
A draft of the deal is contained in emails obtained by the Star through a freedom of information request. They provide the fullest picture yet of how the city joined the bid to host the global soccer tournament in 2018, despite not meeting the key council condition of securing provincial and federal funding beforehand.
Looks like the rich have hoodwinked the lokel yokel tax payers once again.
