What $100 million could pay for
Vancouver city councillors are giving a $100 million loan guarantee to keep the Olympic Village afloat. Here are some other…
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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