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Originally Posted by JBR
Agreed that politics is about controlling the noise, but I'll take bets that each of them (except the IOC of course) will be long forgotten by 2026.
Is the pipeline essential, absolutely 100% without question. Can the Federal Government help build one with some of the $1.5B they've committed to the Games? Logic says yes, but reality says no.
Without Calgary 2026, that cash will be spent elsewhere in Canada on a different multi-sport event. There's no preventing it. Let's 'cash the cheque' here.
Will some of that cheque be cashed by an RMCP Officer from Winnipeg getting overtime (for example)... I don't have an issue with that. Good for him, and thanks for coming to our city to help and contribute to our economy while you're here. Maybe you'll love it so much that you will come back with family and/or friends in the future.
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Right but we're talking about voters who inherently hate Nenshi, Notley, Trudeau, or some combination of the above. Their arguments are going to be driven by their disdain for them, and if you try to bring a more rational argument into it, you only harden their stance against this. You can even say "Well, look, hate Nenshi all you want, but it's free money from Quebec!", but you know their response is "I don't trust him, he'll waste it on a blue circle to encompass the whole city". We live in the emotional politics world, like it or not.