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Initial Budget to host the Francophone Games $17M (everyone happy); Revised Budget to host $130M (wait what?); Revised again Budget $62M (fuck you) -- (link)

Posted by Beaker (aka Anniebecca) Jan 31 '19, 08:09

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New Provincial Govt just pulled out of the hosting gig and rightly so (www.cbc.ca)

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TBH who would believe that you could host a two-week mini-Olympics for 4000 athletes at a cost of $17 million? -- nm - Roger More Jan 31, 08:15 1
- the runnerup was like $50M so yeah it was definitely pie in the sky...again the theory being low ball to get it and then reap the profits through - Beaker Jan 31, 08:27
(this has been big news here the last week or so. Really driving home a couple divides: English vs French and drunken sailer spenders vs common sense) - Beaker Jan 31, 08:11

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