I am not mad, I am simply sad, sad because the Canadian story, told through the 2010 opening ceremonies, did not include Chinese Canadians, who helped build the country by building the railway. There is no question the show was visually spectacular, but the multicultural element of the country was virtually invisible. Canada's ethnic minorities are constantly reminded that we have played, and are playing an ever-increasing role in our nation of many cultures, that we are all equal.
For the multicultural communities in Canada, especially in our host city Vancouver, where so many citizens are from a so-called ethnic-minority background, the opening ceremonies' Canadian story was a snub.