Michael Taube: Should Canada Have Given the (Golden) Boot to FIFA and the 2026 World Cup?

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow (C) makes an announcement about the 2026 FIFA World Cup at BMO Field in Toronto on May 3, 2024. The Canadian Press/Chris Young

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When Canada, the United States, and Mexico combined forces to bid on holding the 2026 version of the FIFA World Cup, many people were intrigued. When this united bid beat out Morocco by a vote of 134-65 at the 68th FIFA Congress in Moscow on June 13, 2018, their intrigue quickly turned into euphoria.