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Ok but Nenshi is 1 member of council. Also quoted from other council members as follows. Though clearly the majority opinion on the 15 person council is that in general, tax dollars should not be used to fund private enterprise.
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I think we can contribute land. I don’t want them moving outside the city. (Colley)
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If a new rink was built, should it be more multi-use than just hockey? That matters in the decision of whether we use public funds to support something like that. I think there’s all sorts of creative ways that cities can support and invest in sporting facilities that doesn’t include using property tax dollars. (Wooley)
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I think we have to recognize there’s some benefit to it. And I’m prepared to look at perhaps not cash, but maybe land or some other thing that would help facilitate the transaction. (Pootmans)
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Obviously, it brings in a lot of money, and economically there’s value in it. So I would say the most we should ever do is land, if we have available land. (Sutherland)
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The best I could see City of Calgary doing is donating land. (Jones)
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