Columnist Keith Baldrey believes putting B.C. back into the international spotlight will generate more positives for the province.
Come on now, did anyone really believe the original cost estimate for co-hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2026?
However, that doesn’t mean the three levels of government shouldn’t be spending this considerable amount of tax dollars on just seven soccer games, because a lot of factors are at play that transcend what happens on the soccer pitch. Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, who was at the news conference where the report was released, said the games will be “a month-long commercial” for his city, and will draw huge numbers of visitors in subsequent years.
Over the next three years, the B.C. government alone will spend about $270 billion on programs and services and a further $45 billion on capital projects. That kind of spending dwarfs $500 million.
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