So the new logo of the 2010 Olympic games came out the other day, and its causing some heads to turn. It seems to resemble the Conservative's party logo. Now the Canadian Olympic Committee claims that its just a coincidence and that the Conservative party had nothing to do with it. However others seem to think otherwise such as the Liberal Mp Hedy Fry as he had this to say about the logo,
"Canada's Olympic Games belong to all Canadians. While it is clear that the Conservative government's multimillion-dollar infrastructure campaign is crassly partisan, can the prime minister at least stop trying to politicize the Canadian Winter Olympics?"
I must say I agree with him. After reading the article and comparing the logo I came to the conclusion that its as close as you can get to being the same. Why not? If I was the governing party of Canada I would definitely try to use propaganda of that sort. When you think of it it makes sense, our Olympic team does represent Canada. So what better way to get party recognition/representation then by putting it in the world Olympics . If they can get away with it why not! Even though the Conservatives are a minority government they sure don't want to be recognized as one. Hey you never know maybe they're just really supportive of our Canadian teams!
Anyways I'll let you be the judge
http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=2056136
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I dunno, I think that's a pretty easy concidence to make...the red maple leaf is one of our strongest symbols, and ...C for Canada?
ReplyDeleteIt almost seems a little farfetched to me, opposition propoganda.
If this was planned its an excellent use of advertising and imagery by the conservative party of Canada. The two logos are so similar that I imagine it was intentional. This looks like a good move for the conservatives if it was intentional or not.
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