"2010 Games Operating Trust" means the not-for-profit corporation to be established pursuant to section 35.1 of this Agreement;

"Amateur Sport Legacy Fund" means the fund established pursuant to section 33.2 of this Agreement, to be managed by the 2010 Games Operating Trust;

"Athletes" means Canadian amateur athletes including First Nations and other aboriginal athletes, and athletes with a disability;

"Bid City Agreement" means the agreement among the Canadian Olympic Association (now the COC), the Bid Corp and Vancouver made as of December 1, 1998;

"Business Plan" means the business plan described in section 4, including any amendments;

"Bylaws" means, as the context requires, either

1. the draft OCOG bylaws provided by the Bid Corp to the Parties (other than Canada) under section 3.2, or
2. the OCOG bylaws as approved under section 3.3 of this Agreement, as those bylaws may be amended from time to time;

"Candidature File" means Part II of the IOC's Manual for Candidate Cities for the XXI Olympic Winter Games 2010, to be completed and submitted by Vancouver to the IOC;

"Capital Budget" means the capital budget of the OCOG;

"Coordinating Committee" means the committee described in section 37;

"Covenant" means the respective covenants and guarantees provided by each of the four Government Parties as set out in Annexes E, F, G and H;

"Deficit" means the excess of capital and operating expenses over revenues, as disclosed in the final audited financial statements of the OCOG;

"Games" means the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games to be held in and around the city of Vancouver and resort municipality of Whistler in British Columbia, Canada and will include

1. all sport competitions from preliminaries through to finals in all events on the program of the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games,
2. opening, closing, awards and other official ceremonies of the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games,
3. athletic exhibitions and sports demonstrations approved by the OCOG and presented by the OCOG, and
4. all cultural programs and related events arranged by and/or sanctioned by the OCOG during the Games Period;

"Games Period" means the period from January 30, 2010 to March 16, 2010;

"Government Parties" means jointly, Canada, the Province, Vancouver and Whistler;

"Government Party" means severally, as the context requires, Canada, the Province, Vancouver or Whistler;

"Host City Contract" means the IOC Host City Contract for the Games which will be entered into among the IOC, the COC and Vancouver on or around July 2, 2003 if Vancouver is selected by the IOC as the host city for the Games;

"Hosting Policy" means the Federal Policy for Hosting International Sport Events attached as Annex B to this Agreement;

"IOC" means the International Olympic Committee;

"IPC" means the International Paralympic Committee;

"Joinder Agreement" means the joinder agreement substantially in the form set out in Annex J;

"Joint Marketing Programme Agreement" means the agreement to be entered into between the COC and Vancouver, as described in section 49(a) of the Host City Contract, and which is to be made legally binding on the OCOG;

"Legacy Endowment Fund" means the fund established pursuant to section 34.1 of this Agreement;

"Letters Patent" means the letters patent for the OCOG granted under Part II of the Canada Corporations Act (Canada), as such letters patent may be amended from time to time;

"Local First Nations" means the Lil'wat, Squamish, Musqueam and T'sleil-Waututh First Nations, collectively;

"Marketing Plan Agreement" means the agreement to be entered into between the IOC and the OCOG, as described in section 49(b) of the Host City Contract, and which is to be made legally binding on the OCOG;

"Members" means the members as set out in the Bylaws;

"OCOG" means the Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games to be formed pursuant to section 2 of this Agreement in the event that the Games are awarded by the IOC to the COC and Vancouver;

"Olympic Charter" means the Olympic Charter and Guidelines of the IOC, as amended from time to time;

"Olympic Games" means the XXI Olympic Winter Games to be held in the year 2010;

"Operating Budget" means the operating budget of the OCOG;

"Paralympic Games" means the X Paralympic Winter Games to be held in the year 2010;

"Parties" means jointly, unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, Canada, the Province, Vancouver, Whistler, the COC, the CPC and, as the context requires, the Bid Corp or the OCOG;

"Party" means severally, as the context requires, Canada, the Province, Vancouver, Whistler, the COC, the CPC, the Bid Corp or the OCOG;

"Transition Entity" means the temporary entity described in section 1 of this Agreement; and

"Whistler Legacies Society" or "WLS" means the not-forprofit corporation to be established pursuant to section 36.1 of this Agreement.