While they are walking outside city hall, Da Vinci and Pierce talk about "Mayor Harcourt" and him becoming Premier. They are talking about who was the real life Vancouver mayor from 1980 to 1986, Mike Harcourt. Harcourt went on to become Premier for the Province of British Columbia from 1991 to 1996. Pierce also mentions Harcourt "busting his back", referring to the real life near fatal fall Harcourt experienced at his Pender Island home in November, 2002.