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Olympics Obligations…

I watched a couple of videos today on the Olympics and was surprised to hear that 36% of the Vancouver voters said no to the games. Obviously 64% wins so I’m curious about the Olympics bid in general. How many of the obligations set out in the bid package have been met met? Is there way we, the public at large, can see the package details? I want to know what they said about environmental practices leading up to the Olympics, about land usage, and about taxpayer dollars contributing to this mega project.

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Olympics Footprint Dossier Launched Today!

Olympics Footprint Dossier Launched Today! Olympics Footprint Dossier

Click here to go to the Olympics Footprint Dossier

This dossier is CITIZENShift’s portal for you to express your views on and stories about the Olympics: Does the goodwill it’s meant to foster outweigh local criticism? What kind of ‘footprints’ (environmental, economic, social, etc) are the Vancouver games leaving on that city and what kinds of ‘footprints’ have past Olympics left on other hosting cities?

Add your stories to the dossier during the Olympics games, start debates about the issues at hand,  or peruse the content and tell others what you think.

To sign up or upload your stories check our site: CITIZENSHIFT

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