Don't worry everyone!
MrMerkinball
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The G20 summit is being held in here in Toronto next weekend which is costing the taxpayers 1.5 Billion in Security measures. The resident's can't go to and from their homes or jobs, and all local businesses are being shut down.
I am only moderately inconvenienced. I manage a hotel and have to stay in house away from my family for 10 days straight!!!
But don't worry...when these leaders get together for a day and a half, (at a cost of about $800,000 per minute) they will claim world peace, Stop Climate Change, feed the poor, control population growth, solve the debt crisis and figure out how to plug the BP hole. So by this time next week - everything will be just fine. :roll:
I am only moderately inconvenienced. I manage a hotel and have to stay in house away from my family for 10 days straight!!!
But don't worry...when these leaders get together for a day and a half, (at a cost of about $800,000 per minute) they will claim world peace, Stop Climate Change, feed the poor, control population growth, solve the debt crisis and figure out how to plug the BP hole. So by this time next week - everything will be just fine. :roll:
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The whole world will be relieving
On point though, yeah the G20 is incredibly pointless. Sorry you can't see your family for 10 days mate. That sucks a fat one.
Sorry you'll miss your family, but I'm glad to hear all the world's problems will be solved after this. :shock:
Why not have it somewhere else in the province and then you dont have to put security on every street corner.
Is Harper trying to show off or something? Governments are so dumb.
Maybe he can give them all a powerpoint presentation on all his beautiful Canada Action Plan billboards the conservatives are spending so much fucking money on... stimulating the billboard economy i guess.
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
The Australian Prime Minister flies out tomorrow to attend this meeting, and tonight the Aussie politicians are in a special meeting, fighting to throw him out of power.
What a waste of the space time continuium.
It's too bad there are no natural lakes in Canada :(
this is an intentional screw job to toronto ... a city that has never voted for him ... despite every expert telling them to hold the event at exhibition grounds where it is self-contained and has an already existing security perimeter ... they went above all that advice to hold it in the worst possible spot in the city ... for both security and impact on locals ...
this is harper essentially being harper ... fuck you if you aren't a friend of mine ... meanwhile ... all the ex-Harris cronies who now work for Harper and getting loads out of it ... new airport in North Bay that isn't being used ... huge infrastructure projects in Clement's riding which won't even be done in time for the summit in Muskoka ...
You know i was in Sayward the other day, population 410, and there were Canada Action Plan billboards everywhere... same thing with Tofino. REALLY? Do you really need to put up your 5000 dollar billboards to advertise to a population of 400 people?!
Stephen Harper only gets voted in because of all the towns outside the urban centers that are filled with bible thumpers who just would like nothing more to stroke his cashmere sweaters. Towns like mine :(
British Prime Minister David Cameron, of course, has access to Huntsville and the cool waters of Muskoka Lake. He took a dip early Friday under the watchful eyes of massive security forces.
"I think it's the safest swim I'm ever going to go for," Cameron told Canadian broadcaster CBC. "There were about two police ribs," he said, referring to rigid inflatable boats. "I don't know if there were actually frogmen under the water, but I wouldn't have been surprised."
it symbolizes the entire security fiasco
2009 - Toronto
2010 - Buffalo
2011 - Toronto 1&2
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1
2018 - Fenway 1&2
2022 - Hamilton, Toronto
2023 - Chicago 1&2
2024 - Las Vegas 1&2
Anyone here participate in the riots? What's your thoughts?
Nope, definitely not a participant. It's a real shame, it's usually just a bunch of anarchists who do absolutely nothing to actually advance any particular agenda. They just out to hijack through violence, arson and vandalisim, the valid issues being protested all for their own self-aggrandisement. Pathetic :roll:
Nope, I think we (Cdn taxpayers) are on the hook for all those costs :x
You know, I agree that this is completely ridiculous, $1 billion+ being spent on security, but realistically, these are the times that we live in. There are a tonne of yahoos out there who would just love to make their name by assassinating a world leader or worse. It's high time that these high-profile gatherings become more fiscally responsible, after all that's what their so-called meetings are supposed to be dealing with - fiscal responsibility!!. Security should be paid for equally by all participating countries, with additional security for certain leader, being paid for by their own tax-base. This should apply to the Olympics, World Cup, etc.
100% agree, host nation shouldn't have to pay for the entire clean up or security bill, when that money could go towards alot of other things that are needed in these economic times...Hospitals, schools, etc.
I could care less if we never hosted to G20 or G8
2009 - Toronto
2010 - Buffalo
2011 - Toronto 1&2
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1
2018 - Fenway 1&2
2022 - Hamilton, Toronto
2023 - Chicago 1&2
2024 - Las Vegas 1&2
And then they're staying in hotels to boot... These are Toronto police I'm talking about... That's a lot of $$