8 Reasons to Oppose Vancouver 2010
Apr 16th, 2010 by Zee
1. Collonialism and Facism
2. No Olympics on Stolen Land
The government continues to sell, lease and develop native land for the benefit of corporate resource extraction and ski resorts.
3.Ecological Destruction
2010 game is one of the most environmentally destructive. 100,000 tress have been cut for the highway expansion in whistler which results in habitat loss for sensitive animals and bird species. Winter Olympics 2010 generated more than 3.7million tonnes of CO2 emission.
4. Homelessness and Poverty
The Vancouver City homeless rates have increased by 370%. In 2007, the fair play housing rights report over 2 million people have been displaced by the Olympics games in various host cities since 1980s.
Host cities began to campaign to criminalize the poor. In Vancouver, project civil city was launched, this project featured strict new by laws targeting street vending and sleeping outdoors; with thousands of impoverish people less than 1km from the venue of the opening ceremony.
5. Impact on Women
6. 2010 Police State
7. Public Debt
The original budget of $2 billion put forward by the VANOC for 2010 didn’t include the highway expansion, the skytrain line to the airport, or the new convention center. These projects were necessary to win the bid. Bringing the tab up to $6 billion in public debt
8. Corporate Invasion
Government and business use the Olympic as a mean to attract corporate investment
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