I am not against Olympics in a healthy economy, but when the homeless are bussed from Vancouver out to places like Chilliwack without any apparent plans in place for them, enough is enough.  Some offices have closed for the Olympics and that means that there is no work for staff.  If they are fortunate, they will get some financial compensation (not sure what though).  Many jobs are now contracted out or contracted overseas putting people out of work.  Colleges are still educating people, but often upon graduation, students are saddled with student loan debt and cannot find work with pay commensurate with their level of education.  This is especially true in rural British Columbia.  (I can only speak for the province where I live). 

I have heard all the justifications for these social problems for example, "not all homeless are actually homeless, some are just faking it".  The truth is many of these people are menally ill or had no stable homelife as children etc and although there are forms of "helpful agencies" many of these agencies are woefully inadequate.  Food banks are often only open once weekly and people are not allowed to get anything there more often than once a month.  I know this is true, because my husband worked tirelessly to raise funds for charities and my sister has had to go to food banks to survive (she is disabled).

i dont understand why the federal government is so much in dept. i might not know all the facts behind the depts or know how the government plays with the tax money but i find they are setting a bad example towards all of the canadiens. i see them spending money without thought... we are so badly in dept i dont know how we will get out of it. i dont want to live in a country that wont be able to support it self. i love my country and it makes me sad to see that our leaders arent doing anything to reduce our dept. before we go spend money on making things better in our country why not put more effort in getting rid of the dept and once its gone imagine how much better we could have it. we are getting more in dept everyday.. why?? our leaders need to talk to some finacial advisors and take immediate action before its to late.

thank you for listening,

          concerned college student