2010 Olympic Winter Games

2010 Olympic Winter Games: The target chosen was simple, clear and breathtakingly ambitious: To be the number one nation at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Canada had set not just a high and difficult goal, but the highest: To be the best, according to Globe and Mail. What if we had an Own the Podium program in other areas of Canadian life? What if Canada set itself the goal of becoming the best at a whole series of things that matter far more than sports performance? What if Canada aimed to become the best country in the world? The country with the highest standard of living and highest quality of life, defined by objective measures of well-being that matter most to Canadians and A decade ago, just after Vancouver had been awarded the Olympics, Canadas national winter sports organizations came together and created a program called Own the Podium. The goal was atypical for this country: Canada would seek not just to improve on past performances, record the usual collection of personal bests , be comfortably above average or win bronze. All of those are, make no mistake, real accomplishments. But this program would go beyond the usual Canadian ambition of being altogether not all that bad, under the circumstances. And in Vancouver, Canada was. Canadian athletes finished third in the overall medal count, and won more gold medals than any other country more gold medals than any country, ever, at any Winter Olympics. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.