For the price of just one of VANOC's 4,600 gas-guzzling GM trucks, the Howe Sound Women's Centre (HSWC) in Squamish could service all of the international women and children experiencing domestic and sexual assaults during next month's Winter Olympics.

According to Tara Franz, the Executive Director of the Centre, local agencies are expected to absorb a 10 to 36% increase in violence against women and children during the Olympics, statistics gained from the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.

A statement released last October, by the HSWC states that "the B.C. government has refused to fund victims' support during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, while billions are being spent on security."