What $100 million could pay for

By Karen Moxley

Vancouver city councillors are giving a $100 million loan guarantee to keep the Olympic Village afloat. Here are some other things you could do with that much money:

• 600,000 Skytrain fines, at $173 each.
• Tuition for 23,000 J-school students.
• 350,000 front-row Canucks tickets.
• 40 million one-zone transit passes.
• 1.8 million seasons passes to the Vancouver Aquarium.
• 3.8 million round-trip walk-on ferry rides to Victoria.
• 9.6 million “Legendary Burger” meals from White Spot.
• 33.3 million california rolls.
• 500 additional shelter beds in Vancouver for 20 years.
• 40 million hot meals for Vancouver’s homeless.
• 1,000 SRO rooms in the city.
• 3 new community centres in Vancouver.
• Child-care spaces for 1,000 children.
• A new mid-sized theatre.
• Theatre renovations for 20 years.
• 75 entry-level constables yearly.

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