Toronto is not going to get the 2015 World Expo:

Toronto's bid for the 2015 World Expo is dead.

Mayor David Miller said early Thursday afternoon that Toronto will not be submitting a bid for the six-month world's fair.

"It slipped through the premier's fingers," said Coun. Brian Ashton. "There's no doubt in my mind that in the months to come what he will suddenly realize what he lost."

Note the weasel-like shifting of blame to someone else. Even the Greatest Mayor in the History of the Universe^® (i.e. Toronto) gets in on the act:

Miller had declared the bid dead once before — last Tuesday — when he pointedly blamed both governments.

Cities are about competently delivering core services, not about mega-project ribbon cutting.