Here's where I'm at: (still undecided)
The biggest issue facing the province is that our economic engine is an industry that is unsustainable long-term, and may become unsustainable much more quickly depending on factors beyond our control. Economic diversification should be our biggest priority. And hosting the Olympics is a short-term bump to that - some added tourism, some short-term construction jobs created - but it doesn't remotely begin to address the long-term problems facing the province, which is where we should be spending money on. If the worst-case scenarios hit, no new pipelines get built, the price of gas drops further, and the Olympics go significantly over budget, etc.... we're going to be in a world of hurt.
That said, it's not like there's any proposal of an alternative way of spending this money, and maybe this very short-term, inefficient approach to economic diversification is better than nothing. Maybe I'm underrating the long-term tourism industry effects. But it also might be worse than nothing if there's a massive debt load.
I don't think I've ever been as split on a voting issue as I am on this.
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