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William Watson: Let’s cut back on the circuses spending 

Some people say governments should maximize citizens' fun. Let's let Canadians decide on their own how much fun their money buys

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I’ve never been a big Formula 1 racing fan. It’s too hard to tell the cars apart, though the little floating name tags TV now puts on them do help. And it’s like horse racing: the driver isn’t the real athlete. This weekend’s F1 race in Montreal featured a duel between two Mercedes cars, which suggests the real stars this year are Mercedes engineers. To test the drivers fairly, they should each get a turn in every car. As baseball great Larry Walker said when he came second to Jacques Villeneuve for 1997 Canadian athlete of the year: “I lost to a car.”

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