It takes three plus years with hundreds of hours of 'consultation' to review a proposal for Chinatown and ten seconds to deny it and one announcement by Greg the Mare to tell the lucky pholks of Marpole that they get to host the indigent Olympics. 

As Greg asked: didn't you get the notice about the public consultation? No? Oh, right, we never sent them out. 

http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/developers-shocked-city-turned-down-chinatown-development