The B.C. government responded to the NDP's questions by releasing the details of Olympic ticket purchases by BC Hydro and two other Crown corporations: the BC Lottery Corporation and the Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- Altogether, BC Hydro, ICBC and the BC Lottery Corporation bought roughly $1.4 million worth of Olympic tickets, according to a statement released on Monday afternoon.
- BC Hydro purchased a total of 2,036 Olympic and 896 Paralympic tickets, including the 660 box suite tickets, for a total cost of about $616,000.
- BC Lotto purchased a total of 1,397 tickets for both Games, for a total cost of about $396,000, to be used for incentive programs for its retailers and suppliers.
- ICBC purchased 2,108 Olympic tickets and 400 Paralympic tickets for a total cost of about $405,000, with 85 per cent going to brokers, collision repair shops, and suppliers, and the rest to staff to host business partners.
Don Quixote Note:
The images below (click to enlarge) are the 2008/09 Non Profits that received Direct Access Grants and Bingo Affliation money from BCLC. (BC Lotto) Most of this is in jeopardy for 2010/11 fiscal year ending March 31 and some of these groups have lost the grants or some portion of the grants they were had applied for and been expecting in 2009/10 fiscal year. This downloading by the Province will cause some of these groups to apply to their local municipality in the upcoming budget cycle.
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