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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
The reason why we have world class hockey players has very little or nothing to do with the Olympic movement or tax dollars. Also when evaluating the best use of capital, just simply pointing out small benefits does not suffice as there's an opportunity cost to consider when making decisions. Economic benefit of gold medals vs millions to spend on MRI machines/staff, infrastructure improvements, higher education, tax cuts, etc. There's plenty of more important priorities that I'm sure if put on a referendum ballot Canadians would rather have their tax money spent.
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The cost of a nationwide athletics program would pale in comparison to universal health care, a multi-billion dollar industry that is already, and will continue to be a much higher priority than athletic funding, and rightfully so. What funding we can divert from our already existing programs into the Canadian health care system would barely make a dent...a
dent...improving hospitals, wait times, medication and all that jazz for every Canadian.