The federal government announces its latest budget this Thursday, while here in BC, we get our budget today -- two days after the close of the Olympics.

Guess we'll find out how much this 17-day festival/conference/party cost us. And I don't mean money owing, but the loss of funding to come.

For years now government has been boasting how economic spinoffs will justify expenses. I imagine we will be hearing a lot about these spinoffs in today's speech, those curlicues at the corners of the page.