2010 Winter Olympics

Synopsis

COMPLETED - March 2010. Planning, spending, and construction for the 2010 Olympics started in 2003 and will continue through to decommissioning. Direct and indirect environmental impacts include: expanded development of the land, notably in the Callaghan Valley and highway sections including Eagle Ridge; greenhouse gas emissions totalling 328,000 tonnes (70% from air travel); and billions of taxpayer dollars spent for the amusement of the world’s rich in BC’s LEAST needy communities.

Category Development

Type Commercial

Prov BC

Region Lower Mainland

Posted 06Dec09

Updated 19Jul10

Status Completed

Resolution

The Olympic and Paralympic Games were completed in February and March 2010. Most of the ecological impact of the games was related to construction of the facilities and infrastructure, and actual operation of the events. The post-Olympic impacts are primarily economic.

Contacts

LOCAL
COMMUNITY

Olympic Resistance Network, www.olympicresistance.net, olympicresistance(at)riseup.net,

No 2010 Olympics on Stolen Native Land, www.no2010.com, contact the Olympic Resistance Network

Chris Shaw, cashawlab(at)gmail.com, 604-875-4111 ext. 68373

ABORIGINAL
GROUPS

Four Host First Nations, Tewanee Joseph, Executive Director

Lil'Wat Nation, Chief Leonard Andrew

Musqueam Band, Chief Ernie Campbell

Squamish First Nation, Chief Bill Williams

Tseil-Waututh, Chief Justin George

PROPONENT

2010 Winter Games Secretariat, www.2010bcsecretariat.ca, bcsecretariat(at)gov.bc.ca, 877.604.2010, 604.660.2010
Philip Steenkamp, Director, philip.steenkamp(at)gov.bc.ca
Sarah Harrison, Director, Communications, sarah.harrison(at)gov.bc.ca, 250.953.4151, cell 250.896.9700
Media contact: 604-660-0859, 604-928-3250

Hon. Ida Chong, Minister of Healthy Living and Sport, ida.chong(at)gov.bc.ca

Hon. Mary McNeil, Minister of State for the Olympics, mary.mcneil(at)gov.bc.ca, 250-952-7634

Vancouver 2010 Organizing Committee (VANOC), www.vancouver2010.com

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