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Jean DrapeauJean Drapeau CC (February 18, 1916 – August 12, 1999) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Montreal from 1954 to 1957 and 1960 to 1986. During his tenure as mayor he was responsible for the construction of the Metro system and the Place des Arts concert hall, for conceiving Expo '67, and for securing the 1976 Summer Olympics. Although a visionary, his mishandling of the construction of the Olympic Games facilities resulted in massive cost overruns and left the city with a debt that citizens are still paying. In 1967, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. On his passing in 1999, Drapeau was interred in the Cimetire Notre-Dame-des-Neiges in Montreal, Quebec. One of the biggest parks in Montreal, composed of le Notre-Dame and le Sainte-Hlne in the middle of the Saint Lawrence river, was named in his honor, as was the Metro station serving the park. Quotation "The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby." Jean Drapeau after Montreal won the right to host the 1976 Olympics. Following the Olympics the city was left with a debt of $1 billion. Drapeau, Jean Drapeau, Jean Drapeau, Jean Drapeau, Jean Drapeau, Jean
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