I thought the Flames argument was that they were "special" not a regular business because they were providing NHL hockey. If they want festival grounds, casino profits, and a bunch of other stuff, then they are a regular business like anyone else and should get no taxpayer money.
If we are going to kick in some money because that's the only way to have NHL hockey and it's part of our culture, fine, I can get behind that argument if the money is reasonable. It looks instead like the CSEC wants an empire and that has nothing to do with the good of the city, so I think we should be out.
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