The $100 million loan guarantee

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What's happened so far is, Vancouver City Council voted, in camera, for a loan guarantee to the Millennium Development Corp., the company building the Olympic Village. The motion to approve this was passed unanimously, which means that one of the people who voted for it was Peter Ladner, who is a candidate for Mayor, The election is on Saturday, Nov. 15.

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