[markbarbera]

While it may be true that this bid may not result in a lot of new infrastructure cash flow, it can't be described as a bad thing for Hamilton. If nothing else, it will bring people in to visit Hamilton for whatever events take place here, and gives us a chance to showcase our city (and rake in some tourist dollars as well).

Since it is a bid for the Golden Horseshoe area, including St. Catherines, there really is no substance to the assertion that somehow this presents participating cities as simply bedroom communities to Toronto.