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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
That's the point though.
That $500 million could have gone to those other cities instead of paying for the Pan Am Games.
So instead of Calgary, or some other city getting $500 Million for a new overpass, or say a new LRT line, Toronto threw a 2 week party and gave out some medals.
Doesn't exactly sound like a great use of funds to me.
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Well Toronto got a revitalized waterfront neighborhood, high performance training centre, the national swimming centre, transportation upgrades, Hamilton got their new football stadium, among other things.
Reducing the money spent to a "2 week party where they gave out some medals" is ridiculous.
Similarly Vancouver got the Canada Line, Sea-to-Sky Highway, and the Convention Centre as a part oft their 2 week party. Sure they needed them anyway, but the only reason they got them when they did was because there was now a deadline for when they needed them, so they got funded.
Vancouver needs the UBC subway as much as they needed the Canada Line, but that isn't getting funded by the looks of things (I mean, what's the rush?).
I get you have an idea of how things should be, but there is a different reality. Sometimes you need a catalyst to actually get things done.