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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
If we're going to spend hundreds of millions to put people to work and build infrastructure, maybe it should be towards the billions in unfunded roads, hospitals, bridges, airports, transit lines, schools, etc. that we've already identified as necessary, rather than ski jumps and skating tracks.
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Roads, transit, bridgets, etc. are usually things that the Olympics helps get funded as well (i.e. Canada Line and Sea-to-Sky Highway for the 2010 Olympics). Federal and provincial infrastructure dollars that might be pushed elsewhere tend to find their way to the place that will put the country on the international stage.
Hell that's the main reason I'd support an Olympic bid. Jump-start some projects.