Poverty Olympics - Truly a world sport!

Just discovered http://povertyolympics.ca/ "End poverty. It's not a game." I can tell you not everyone here is a fan of the Olympics.

To simplify and paraphrase: They argue that the money being spent would be better spent on people who are homeless, mentally ill, struggling to get more and better work, and related issues.

The statistics offered on the site demonstrated that resources provided by the City and Provincial governments declined for those in poverty as building and planning for the Olympics gathered momentum.

Here's the website for the Olympic Village http://www.6717000.com/1616columbia/ condos going for $450,000 - $6 Million and selling well from what I read. From what I've seen of the people in downtown Vancouver and the downtown Eastside, it's likely that they can't afford them. It's truly a shame that some of those condos couldn't have been utilized as transitional housing at the very least.

Given the brevity of my visit and my limited knowledge of the situation, I can only say that it seems that not everyone benefitted from Vancouver, BC hosting the 2010 Olympic Games.