In the context that the parade was called the Olympic Heroes Parade, it was organized by the Canadian Olympic Committee. We officially had five athletes who were invited to attend, so I respectfully refused that invitation. How do you pick five athletes out of 145? We gradually got to about 30 athletes who were able to attend. This was while I was at the games. Honestly, we really had to scramble. Most of my staff at the games were scrambling to try to make accommodations and make things work and coordinate after the fact.
To answer the second part of your question about how we can work better with the COC, we addressed this last week with the president of the COC. He was very gracious in indicating that there were mistakes made and oversights, that we definitely want to work collaboratively in the future, and that all athletes who wear the Canadian maple leaf should be feted and recognized and celebrated.