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Canadian Politicians Won't Receive Free Olympic Tickets
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by Yuliya Talmazan | July 13, 2009 at 03:13 pm
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Canadian politicians will have to purchase tickets to sport events at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, February 12-28, 2010, at their own expense. The government of Canada has vowed to return half of all its tickets to the Games' organizers.
The Minister of State for Sport is warning there will be no freebies.
"Senators, Members of Parliament and all government employees will be personally paying for their tickets,'' said Gary Lunn in a message to The Canadian Press.
The government, as well as Games sponsors and Olympic officials, buy tickets separately from the general public.
This gives them exclusive access to high-demand events, such as gold-medal hockey, where as much as 70 per cent of the seats are reserved for Olympic sponsors and other officials.
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at 07:19 on July 14th, 2009
I support this decision. If they claim to be representing the people they should be getting they shouldn't be favoured over anyone else. They are making more money than the average Canadian citizen and so if we can afford to purchase these tickets and help to support the Canadian economy out of our own pockets (by buying plane tickets, staying in hotels, etc.) then the politicians should do the same!
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