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All the leaders of the world’s important countries are in Toronto this week for the big G8/G20 summit. If you’re living in Canada this will hardly come as news, of course, as you’ve probably already been enjoying CBC’s round-the-clock coverage of all the protesters.
The summit faced a lot of controversy in Canada before it even began, however. The costs associated with running these things has just become astronomical. The Harper government has to foot a bill of over a billion dollars just to cover the security costs alone.
Even more hilariously sad has been the so-called “fake lake” scandal. Apparently it’s too dangerous to show the world leaders any of Canada’s legitimate natural beauty, for fear of… tree snipers, or something, I don’t know. But in any case, the quick-fix solution to this dilemma was to construct an elaborate indoor sound stage for the politicians to enjoy, with fake trees and projection screens and MP3s of birds chirping and all the rest of it. So much less threatening than real nature.
All of this pricey folderol, coupled with the world’s unruly masses descending on the city to smash windows and set fire to things, have raised a lot of questions about the logistical sense of hosting grandiose global summits in the 21st Century. The rest of us use Skype, why can’t presidents?
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