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Originally Posted by T@T
What this country is lacking is a grassroots program where as in where you see a 10 year old youngster good at say "skiing" you pay his way as long as he/she is interested. the true talents start very young but sadly some don't ever develope because of financial reasons from the parents.
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Considering the tax burdens that are already in place to support our Health Care and Education systems - not to mention all the other myriad programs the government runs, there isn't much appetite to funnel millions of dollars into athletic development.
I mean, these last six years have seen by far the most funding devoted to "Owning the Podium", and we're not seeing the dramatic increase in medal count that was maybe expected. I highly doubt there will be strong public support for funding of events that people only care about once every four years when those events won't be held in Canada for another 20-30 years or more.
It's nice to do well at the olympics, but if I had the choice, I'd rather see my tax contributions go to arts development and social programs than athletic initiatives.