The premier of British Columbia, reiterated Tuesday the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games were good for the local economy and were literally generating thousands of jobs.

Speaking in Vancouver where Game's organizers unveiled the sculptured podiums and costumes the medal presenters and athlete escorts will wear, Premier Gordon Campbell said the 6 billion-plus Canadian dollars being spent to stage the Olympiad starting on February 12, would benefit the western province enormously.

"Everyone can see what the costs of the Olympics have been. It has been fully funded by the province, the federal government. We have been clear about that throughout. I think again, this is an Olympics that is generating revenue, that is generating jobs. All the people who are protesting it, I've never heard them go to someone who has one of those jobs and say 'I don't think your job is worth it,'" said Campbell.

"Those jobs are of huge value to our economy, particularly at times like this. Literally thousands of jobs, about three to four million (Canadian) dollars a day is going into the provincial economy. Now that's something to celebrate."

"Some businesses will probably have some challenges, but overall the province, the economy, the people of the province, are benefiting enormously from these Olympics."

Campbell, who last visited China on a 2007 trade mission promoting BC's expertise in green technology and life sciences, praised the Vancouver Organizing Committee (Vanoc) for the Games, saying the group had been exceptional in its preparations and exceeded expectations "every step of the way".

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