/vancouver-not-vegas/ 4.4 Million Reasons to Support the Arts Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:13:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 /vancouver-not-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-1602 Lisa Smith Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:18:05 +0000 /?p=798#comment-1602 Get real people. You should focus your efforts on shuttting down bars and liquor stores if you are so concerned about the health of people. Alcoholism does more damage than any casino ever could. Then you should go after fast food restuarants, convenience stores, candy stores and bakeries. Obesity is also a problem, there more obese people in Vancouver than there are problem gamblers. How about smoking? What are the statistics on the financial impact of smoking? As for casino revenue, are you going to provide the funding for all the charities that will lose out on money once you shut down casinos? You are going to have one heck of a bake sale to recoup that money. Do your homework, check the facts. Make sure you have a solution for the thousands of families that will lose their livelihood. Or maybe they can all work for you? Get real people. You should focus your efforts on shuttting down bars and liquor stores if you are so concerned about the health of people. Alcoholism does more damage than any casino ever could.
Then you should go after fast food restuarants, convenience stores, candy stores and bakeries. Obesity is also a problem, there more obese people in Vancouver than there are problem gamblers.
How about smoking? What are the statistics on the financial impact of smoking?
As for casino revenue, are you going to provide the funding for all the charities that will lose out on money once you shut down casinos? You are going to have one heck of a bake sale to recoup that money.
Do your homework, check the facts. Make sure you have a solution for the thousands of families that will lose their livelihood. Or maybe they can all work for you?

]]> /vancouver-not-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-1264 Haruko Okano Sat, 15 Jan 2011 02:04:52 +0000 /?p=798#comment-1264 I have lost confidence in the transparency of both the provincial and municipal governments who are more interested in business and strengthening their relationships with corporations, many of which are US owned and less about taking care of ordinary working class people. Gambling has proven to be a health problem, a security problem and a crime enhancement to Vancouver. We don't want it and we don't need it. I have lost confidence in the transparency of both the provincial and municipal governments who are more interested in business and strengthening their relationships with corporations, many of which are US owned and less about taking care of ordinary working class people. Gambling has proven to be a health problem, a security problem and a crime enhancement to Vancouver. We don’t want it and we don’t need it.

]]> /vancouver-not-vegas/comment-page-1/#comment-1060 ArtRubicon New and Views Redux for the week ending Nov 13 | ArtRubicon Visual Arts Magazine Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:17:58 +0000 /?p=798#comment-1060 [...] Vancouver, not Vegas! ArtsAdvocacyBC joins protest against massive casino development in Canada New Edgewater casino at BC Place will double gambling in city. Does this have to happen? ~~ ArtsAdvocacyBC [...] [...] Vancouver, not Vegas! ArtsAdvocacyBC joins protest against massive casino development in Canada New Edgewater casino at BC Place will double gambling in city. Does this have to happen? ~~ ArtsAdvocacyBC [...]

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