VANOC CEO John Furlong watches Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson lower the Olympic Flame in a miners lantern to touch Canadian soil after he disembarks a Canadian Forces CC 150 Polaris (Airbus A-310) aircraft upon arriving from Athens, Greece at Victoria International Airport where Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, British Columbia (BC) Premier Gordon Campbell and other dignitaries wait to welcome the Flame to Canada for the start of the 2010 Winter Olympic Torch Relay in Victoria, BC, October 30, 2009. UPI /Heinz Ruckemann