Canadian bids for a Commonwealth Games have died by provincial government disinterest, so multiple provinces sharing reduced costs is the pitch by Olympic and Commonwealth Games artistic swimmer Claire Carver-Dias.

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Hosting a Commonwealth Games has been a tough sell not just domestically, but internationally, as governments become risk-averse about committing to big, future projects.

Victoria in 1994 was the last Canadian host city of the quadrennial summer multi-sport festival featuring 74 countries.

The U.K.-based Commonwealth Games Federation will accept expressions of interest for 2030 until March 31 and is expected to announce a host city in November.

Glasgow, Scotland stepped in for 2026, albeit with a large reduction in the number of sports and athletes, when Victoria, Australia, balked at a ballooning price tag.

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Hamilton hosted the first iteration of the Commonwealth Games, which was then the British Empire Games, in 1930. The southwestern Ontario city made the 100th anniversary its hook for a 2030 bid.

Hamilton had out fleshed-out proposal of venues and possible legacy benefits of a Games estimated to cost between $1 billion and $1.5 billion.

The Ontario government declined to support it, as did Alberta on a subsequent Calgary-Edmonton bid. Interest from Victoria in 2026 was shut down by the B.C. government.

Hamilton 100 is exploring a reworked 2030 bid.

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The Commonwealth Games is often the first foray into a multi-sport event for Canadians who go on to Olympic success.

Alumni include swimmer Summer McIntosh (2022), sprinter Andre De Grasse (2014), weightlifter Maude Charron (2018, 2022) and decathlete Damian Warner (2018).

Carver-Dias earned an Olympic bronze medal in the team event in 2000 followed by Commonwealth solo and duet gold in Manchester, England, in 2022.

Toronto was the site of the Pan American/Parapan American Games in 2015. A Calgary referendum in 2018 shot down a 2026 Winter Olympic Games bid in that city.

The province of B.C. was uninterested in hosting the 2030 Winter Olympics again after Vancouver-Whistler did in 2010.

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The benefits aside from sport, she said, are job creation via contracts and tourism, and the tax revenue those produce.

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But Commonwealth staples field hockey, diving, rugby sevens, badminton, wrestling and cricket were among sports axed from Glasgow香蕉视频直播檚 2026 program.

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