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—Ian King, December 13, 2004

Saturday, December 07, 2002

 
In today's Vancouver Sun, provincial-affairs columnist Vaughn Palmer draws parallels between the Campbell governm;ent's enthusiasm for the Vancouver-Whistler 2010 Olympic bid and the previous NDP government's commitment to buliding three fast ferries for service to Vancouver Island. The ferries, of course, were a technical and financial flop: the vessels never performed well and were unreliable, and the project's cost ballooned from $210-milllion for 3 vessles to $448-million in the end. The ferries were withdrawn from service and put up for sale; a buyer has never been found.

Needless to say, Palmer's pushing some hot buttons when he compares the Olympics to the fast-cats. However, he points out that the projections about the Games' costs to taxpayers and their economic benefits are educated guesses at best.
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