Disturbing or Canadian? You make the call.

MITCH BLATT

The picture you are looking at is in fact a picture of the Canadian Olympic team showcasing their eco-friendly bamboo and organic cotton-based uniforms.

Now they make not look very tough going into the competition of the world’s greatest this summer:

But, they can also show they mean business in these things…

Co-designer Tu Ly said about the green design, using bamboo and organic cotton: “It was a real movement in every part of our lives, so it was hard not to be conscious of it.”

Especially when you’re competing in the most-polluted city on the planet, Beijing.

With that in mind, the uniforms include a B-Tube head cover that can filter out particulate matter in the air.

Also included in the uniforms were a lot of Asian influences, including the number 8 thread in through some of the designs. Lead designer Suzanne Timmins remarked, “Eight is a lucky number for the Chinese people, and a lot of people don’t know that on the eighth day, of the eighth month, in the year 2008, on the eighth hour, in the eighth minute, maybe on the eighth second, the Games begin.”

Some people also don’t know that on the eight day of the eight month in the year 1988, Burmese citizens began a series of protests for democracy that ended with thousands being slaughtered by the military dictators who were aided by Chinese weapons and support.

Pretty lucky, indeed.

Rachelle De Jong, a member of the rowing team, said “I think it will look really sharp when we’re all in a group together and I think it will really make a statement.”

Yeah, it will make a statement. Just what kind of statement, I’m not sure.

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