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Originally Posted by YYC338
Lots of print stories online of the city lobbying the provincial government for funding. New (NDP) gov said no way. They went the route they did because they couldn't get prov funding. Final funding model was not the city's first choice or plan.
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I hear you but the point is...there was no provincial or federal tax money into it. whether they asked or not is moot. City promised their share would not come from tax increases. Instead it's largely user pay which is what all of these events should be.