Vancouver's to host the World Rugby Sevens World Series event. He continues to chair the annual tournament. Furlong is chairman of Rocky Mountaineer, a rail tourism company based in Vancouver and board member with its owner Armstrong Group Ltd. Since 2011, Furlong has served as a member of the corporate board of Canadian Tire retailer. He is also board chairman of the Canadian Tire charitable organization, Jumpstart, that funds youth sport called. As a paid keynote speaker, Furlong is a member of the National Speakers Bureau. Controversies John Furlong had been the subject of some controversy following accusations of errors and omissions in his autobiography and legal actions arising from abuse allegations. Biographical inaccuracies and omissions Patriot Hearts On February 12, 2011, the one-year anniversary of the Olympics, Furlong, with Globe and Mail journalist Gary Mason, published his autobiography Patriot Hearts – Inside the Olympics that Changed a Country. 1974 Dublin Bombings Furlong cites May 14, 1974 as the date of the Dublin bombings. In fact, the Dublin bombings occurred on May 17. Furlong wrote that Jack Furlong, his father, identified the body of his niece, Siobhán Roice, after she was killed in the Dublin bombings. Siobhán's family strongly denied this. Records from the investigation of the bombing list Ned Roice, not Jack Furlong, as attending. Johanna Roice, Siobhán's mother, is misnamed Josephine in Patriot Hearts. Furlong wrote that the bombings in Dublin and deaths of his cousin and his father (June 1974) prompted his 1974 emigration to Canada. In fact, Furlong returned to Canada over a year following these events, in 1975. Visiting missionary years Patriot Hearts asserts that Furlong first arrived in Canada in 1974. In fact, Furlong first lived and worked in Canada from 1969 to 1972. He later emigrated in 1975. Under cross-examination, Furlong admitted only that he did not arrive in 1974. Furlong's visiting teacher and missionary years (1969–72) are excluded from Patriot Hearts. The timeline coincides with allegations that he abused First Nations children in Burns Lake (1969–70). Furlong had been a Frontier Apostle missionary (1969–72) at schools in Burns Lake and Prince George, British Columbia. In June 1972, Furlong returned to Ireland following threats against his life. Patriot Hearts co-author Gary Mason has stated that Furlong never mentioned his visiting teacher and missionary years in Canada. Return to Canada Furlong wrote that he had been a "young teacher with just two years' experience"