Subsidizing arenas means putting taxpayers in hock for decades, with zero benefit to the economy: op-ed

Subsidizing arenas means putting taxpayers in hock for decades, with zero benefit to the economy: op-ed

Given the federal government’s past, present and projected future red ink, Canadians could be forgiven for thinking Ottawa might prefer to pinch pennies rather than dole out hundreds of millions more in corporate welfare, this time to the most undeserving recipients of all, pro-sport franchises, most owned by billionaires.But politics may soon trump economic sense once again.