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Security for G20/G8 Summits in Canada will cost AT LEAST $830 MILLION (pg. 12)
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| Skipper |
| The thing about this is, if nothing "happens" people will just say the security and the cost were excessive. But if we had sloppy security something would probably go down and the Canadian government would come under huge fire for it. |
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| jon jon |
| I've never seen so many cops in my life! |
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jennifer_P_
the fences creep me out. The heavy police presence down there is even creepier. Even early last week - I was surprised by the amount of police walking around, driving around, and hanging out in groups just watching people. I've never felt uncomfortable around police - but over the past week I've seriously felt as if I was being watched closely while walking by. |
Really? I just see them hanging out in massive groups, talking, and not paying attention to anybody at all. |
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| Knox |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Really? I just see them hanging out in massive groups, talking, and not paying attention to anybody at all. |
Was about to post the same thing.... |
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| Skipper |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Really? I just see them hanging out in massive groups, talking, and not paying attention to anybody at all. |
They are paying attention. :rolleyes: |
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| mute79 |
| i wish the protesters would boycott this summitt.. imagine if noone came out to protest! it would topple the conservatives government for spending 1 Billion of your money on nothing |
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| jon jon |
| quote: | Originally posted by mute79
i wish the protesters would boycott this summitt.. imagine if noone came out to protest! it would topple the conservatives government for spending 1 Billion of your money on nothing |
hah so true |
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| Jennifer_P_ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Really? I just see them hanging out in massive groups, talking, and not paying attention to anybody at all. |
really... based on my experiences last week - and I don't believe myself to have issues with paranoia :rolleyes:. Cops were indeed watching me and everyone around. For sure there are groups just hanging out but I saw many police cars and vans driving around slowly - saw many police just standing and staring. I wanted to take some pictures of the fences but every time I pulled out my phone to snap a shot - a cop would give me a look and I just felt to weird to take it. |
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| Jennifer_P_ |
| quote: | Originally posted by mute79
i wish the protesters would boycott this summitt.. imagine if noone came out to protest! it would topple the conservatives government for spending 1 Billion of your money on nothing |
Ya - I agree to a point - unfortunately the protests won't do much and I sure would like to see the Conservatives ousted....
But who knows what will happen (or what could happen without the security measures). We'll probably never know for sure if it was truly a ridiculous waste of money as much as most of us suspect that it is. |
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| Jennifer_P_ |
or kissing the Americans' asses to make up for those terrorists that made their way across our boarder perhaps? Just an hypothesis.... |
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| Endlesswave |
| quote: | Originally posted by mute79
i wish the protesters would boycott this summitt.. imagine if noone came out to protest! it would topple the conservatives government for spending 1 Billion of your money on nothing |
;) |
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