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Olympic Games: Will they be positive for Canada?
- February 12, 2010 12:00 PM |
- By POV
Canadians outside B.C. are more likely than British Columbians to believe the province and Vancouver will benefit from the Olympics, a poll conducted for CBC News suggests.
Non-residents of B.C. are also more likely to find the cost of the Olympics appropriate.
Overall, 75 per cent of Canadians surveyed outside B.C. said they thought the Olympics would have at least some benefit for Canada as a whole, according to a poll by the Environics Research Group. Eighty-one per cent said the Games would benefit B.C., and 86 per cent said they'd be good for Vancouver.
Two other Olympic Games have been held in Canada. The Montreal Olympics took place in 1976 and the Calgary Olympics were staged in 1988. Take our poll.
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