Security for G20/G8 Summits in Canada will cost AT LEAST $830 MILLION

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Posted by hardcore trancer on Jun-24-2010 15:07:

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Originally posted by Abercrombie
The protesters will be as peaceful as the ones on the flotilla.

Posted by Dior Homme on Jun-25-2010 15:03:

Be careful not to walk by the fence cause you may be get arrested without ID. WTF this is retarded. What if you just want to walk through cause you don't want to walk around the city to get to the other side.

Ontario has quietly passed legislation that allows police to question and arrest not just people walking within the G20 security zone in Toronto, but even anyone walking within five metres of the fencing.

There are reports that a 32-year-old man has already been arrested under the new regulation, because he refused to show ID to police who questioned why he was inspecting fencing around the security perimeter.

The new regulation temporarily alters the Public Works Protection Act to designate the entire security perimeter surrounding Toronto's convention Centre as a "public works" site during the summit.

That then allows police to ask anyone within five metres of the perimeter to identify themselves or be searched. Those who refuse to show identification face arrest.

Anyone convicted could face up to two months in jail or a $500 maximum fine.

The regulations were passed earlier this month by provincial cabinet using what is known as a "covering" order-in-council. The changes were not debated in the Legislature.

The regulation is written so that it took effect on Monday and will be revoked June 28, the day after the summit.

The law appeared on the province's e-Law website last week, but won't be officially published until July 3 -- by which time, the regulation will have expired.

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association said in a media statement that it "is obviously extremely concerned about the implications of this measure" and says it will seek to challenge the regulation.

There are already regulations in place that give police the authority to question anybody inside the restricted zone, from June 14 until June 28. Const. Tim Garland, spokesperson for the Integrated Security Unit, says anyone walking in that zone can be stopped and questioned.

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