The CCPA has been publishing studies and commentary about the social and economic impacts of the 2010 Olympics since 2003, when Vancouver won the bid to host the Games.
Blog posts
These are just some of the Olympics-related posts on our blog, PolicyNote.ca.
Costs do matter [2], by Marvin Shaffer, March 1, 2010
Will the Olympics boost long-term tourism to BC? [3], February 15, 2010
BC hearts Art. But only for the show-off [4], by Iglika Ivanova, February 1, 2010
First the party, then the hangover [5], by Marc Lee, January 12, 2010
2010 and all that [6], by Marvin Shaffer, November 5, 2009 [7]
Fun and Games [7], by Marvin Shaffer, October 18, 2009 [8]
Accounting Games of Olympic proportion [8], by Iglika Ivanova, February 20, 2009
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Editorials
The Olympics, Housing and Homelessness in Vancouve [10]r, by David Eby, February 2008 [11]
The clock is ticking on homelessness and the Olympics [11], by Marc Lee, August 2007 [12]
BC’s Budget 2004 fails Olympic test [12], by Marc Lee, February 2004 [13]
Managing the cost of Olympic gold [13], by Alan Greer, July 2003 [14]
Olympic trade-offs [14], by Marvin Shaffer, Alan Greer, Celine Mauboules, February 2003
Studies
Olympic Costs & Benefits: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Proposed Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, [15] by Marvin Shaffer, Alan Greer, Celine Mauboules, February 2003 [16]
Olympic Impacts: should we expect an employment boom? [16] by David Green, February 2003
News Releases
Olympics won't bring employment boom [17], February 21, 2003 [18]
Olympics cannot be justified on economic grounds [18], February 14, 2003
BC Civil Liberties Association [19]: news releases on Olympics and civil liberties
Vancouver Poverty Olympics [20]: pointing out that Olympic money could be better spent on ending poverty and homelessness
Mostly Water [21]: Olympics resistance
Clearing the Hurdles [22]: how major sportswear brands rate on workers' rights
The Tyee's Olympics coverage [23]
The Hook's Olympics coverage [24]
Vancouver Observer's Olympics coverage [25]
Working TV [26]: video clips of Seth Klein and other speakers at The Right to the City: The Economics of the 2010 Olympics, a public forum hosted by the Impact on Community Coalition, January 25, 2010