Winter Colors Canadian Style - Olympic 2010 Rant #25 Rage · 18.01.09 by colin newell
Premier Gordon Campbell called an emergency session of the legislature this weekend!
Ostensibly to give the city of Vancouver the go-ahead to borrow the money it needs to complete the Athletes’ Village for the 2010 Winter Games.
20 hours of debate later, the B.C. legislature approved Bill 47, which gives the city limitless borrowing power for completion of the development that will house Olympic athletes…
Which is expected to total more than $1 billion.
Speaking for taxpayers in British Columbia, I offer the following:
“We are so screwed!”
In my estimation, an emergency session of the B.C. legislature could be called to discuss Child poverty in this Province, the state of First Nation housing, homelessness, etc.
But no. It was called so Premier Gordo could make sure his buddies in Big Construction (and I am talking about organized and un-organized labor) get their palms greased.
This whole 2010 Olympic thing is an utterly obscene piece of work. I blame the current Socred government and the gutless socialist opposition as well as the VANOC sleaze-balls and their IOC masters.
On behalf of the taxpayers of British Columbia… on behalf of the homeless in this Province… on behalf of children living in poverty and women living in compromised situations – I hang my head implacably in shame.
And shame on you Mister Gordon Campbell for calling this an Emergency.
Shame shame shame.
Summer fun food and drink - 2010 Vancouver Oly rant The World around us - in crisis - Ed Begley Junior
