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Originally Posted by GGG
I think you can make the argument the federal dollars are new money that we wouldn't have if not for the Olympics however the provincial dollars I think are money that if spent on Olympics will not be spent elsewhere. So Calgarians would be spending 1.5 billion on the Olympics.
It's also incredibly myopic to pretend that the federal dollars spent on us instead of them is a good thing for Canada. Regardless of where the dollars are spent they should be put to good use. And paying more for infrastructure than the infrastructure is worth is not a good use of tax dollars.
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I have no problem with a little Federal funding to help our myopic disorders.