No To Vancouver 2010 Olympic Bid

To:  International Olympic Committe (IOC)

We, the undersigned residents of British Columbia, Canada are opposed to Vancouver/Whistler hosting the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. We strongly urge the members of the International Olympic Committee NOT to consider Vancouver as a host city due to the extreme economic hardship that the Provincial Government has inflicted upon its citizens. The people of British Columbia do not choose to spend their tax dollars on the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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This is the formal petition to the International Olympic Committe (IOC) to NOT consider Vancouver for the 2010 Olympic Games. We urge you to assist in circulating the petition as widely as possible via social justice coalitions, labour unions, watchdog agencies, etc.

Our goal is to approach the IOC during their visit to Vancouver in February, and provide them with signed petitions as a show that the taxpayers of BC do not want their tax dollars spent on this event at this time. We will not be approaching the Liberals or the Bid Corp, as they have proven that they will not listen to the public.

As you are aware, the BC Liberal government has drastically cut funding to many necessary social, health and education programs and services.

So far, Campbell's government has spent 9.1 million on the bid alone, and has pledged further billions of taxpayers’ dollars for the Olympic 2 week event. Threats to the Lower Mainland watershed, displacement of already marginalized people in Vancouver and absurd Hwy 99 construction costs will be reality if Vancouver is chosen.

Further resource information is provided below. If you have any questions or new ideas, please write to nogames2010@yahoo.com

Thank you for your support!

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Resources on Olympic Issues and Actions


No Games! - The people who brought you this petition's email address:
nogames2010@yahoo.com

Official site of the Olympic Committee:
http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp

Vancouver Olympic Bid:
http://www.winter2010.com

Costs of bid:
http://www.winter2010.com/faq.html#7

Bid package:
http://www.winter2010.com/newsevents/newsletters.html

The IOC Coalition (Impact of the Olympics on Community):
http://www.olympicsforall.ca

Information Related to the Whistler 2010 Bid:
http://www.whistlerolympicinfo.com

Creative Resistance (resource for everything going on in BC under Campbell):
http://www.creativeresistance.ca/awareness/awareness-olympic-watch.htm

Bread Not Circuses (A coalition of groups concerned about Toronto's 2008 Olympic bid):
http://www.breadnotcircuses.org

International Center for Olympic Studies:
http://www.uwo.ca/olympic

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Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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