On the eve of the Olympics, the man who was this city's face of the Winter Games was holding court on a universe of social causes, from homelessness and drug addiction to more rights for the disabled.
Throughout the afternoon event, timed to the screening of a film about his life as a quadriplegic, there was barely a reference to anything Olympic.
In fact, Sam Sullivan, the former Vancouver mayor who in 2006 appeared in his wheelchair for the ceremonial handoff of the Olympic flag in Torino, says he doesn't have much interest in the sporting events.
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