Public Debt

Olympic Athlete's Village: Vancouver Calls for Emergency Funding from BC

Submitted by Zig Zag on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 19:43

Mayor wants MLAs recalled to deal with Olympics issue

Mon. Jan. 12 2009, CTV.ca News Staff

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson is calling on the provincial legislature to be recalled so that it can deal with the financial problems plaguing the 2010 Olympic athletes' village.

Olympic Debt Keeps on Rising

Submitted by Zig Zag on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 19:42

The running tab for the Olympics is running and running

By Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, January 12, 2009

VICTORIA — As Vancouver residents prepare to take an Olympic-sized bath, the rest of us are scarcely home free on our share of the cost of staging the 2010 Winter Games and related projects.

After the Olympics comes Debt

Submitted by Zig Zag on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 19:41

2 more articles on Vancouver's Olympic Village and growing debt, including Vancouver's potential loss in credit rating...

After the Olympics comes debt
By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun, January 13, 2009

The Cost of the Games

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:46

The cost of the Games

B.C. municipal governments have shovelled taxpayer money to the event in a big way

Bruce Constantineau, Vancouver Sun, Friday, January 23, 2009

Olympic Bill Tops $6 billion

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:45

Olympics bill tops $6 billion — so far

By Daphne Bramham, Vancouver Sun columnist, January 23, 2009

Residents of Climax, Sask., or Come-by-Chance, N.L., probably don’t know that their provincial governments ponied up $1.5 million for the big sports extravaganza in Vancouver next winter.

What $6 Billion Could Buy

Submitted by Zig Zag on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 23:11

Got $6 billion to spend? Let's luge! Or maybe not

By Pete Mcmartin, Vancouver Sun, February 24, 2009

But by our incomplete tally and with another year to go until the Games (the cost of the 2010 Winter Olympics, not including an added $725 million for security) it's about $6,000,000,000.

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