John Clark's (OCRAP) relatives come for a visit..
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Chris Selley’s Full Pundit: Won’t you shed a tear for Toronto?
June 25, 2010 – 2:20 pm
The nightmare begins…
You always wanted to be in the centre of the universe, didn’t you, Toronto? Well enjoy the next few days, L. Ian McDonald says in the Sun Media papers. He does thank us Torontonians for taking on the burden, but we can’t quite shake the feeling he’s making fun of us. (Might just be that legendary inferiority complex, though.)
The G8 and G20 summits amply demonstrate Stephen Harper’s transformation from a tax-hating, China-lecturing economic libertarian into a pragmatic statesman, Susan Riley argues in the Ottawa Citizen (though he might, of course, be faking it). Climate change and Israel are the issues where he’s still ostensibly “out of step” with … well, she doesn’t say with whom he’s out of step — with Susan Riley, perhaps! But on those issues, as she says, there’s very little daylight between him and Michael Ignatieff. (Liberals pounding their fists on climate change really is an insult to the intelligence.) So the more chances Mr. Harper gets to look prime ministerial, the less chance the opposition has of unseating him. Then again, Riley says “Canadians don’t vote based on how a leader performs at these international gabfests.” So … yeah.
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You always wanted to be in the centre of the universe, didn’t you, Toronto? Well enjoy the next few days, L. Ian McDonald says in the Sun Media papers. He does thank us Torontonians for taking on the burden, but we can’t quite shake the feeling he’s making fun of us. (Might just be that legendary inferiority complex, though.)
The G8 and G20 summits amply demonstrate Stephen Harper’s transformation from a tax-hating, China-lecturing economic libertarian into a pragmatic statesman, Susan Riley argues in the Ottawa Citizen (though he might, of course, be faking it). Climate change and Israel are the issues where he’s still ostensibly “out of step” with … well, she doesn’t say with whom he’s out of step — with Susan Riley, perhaps! But on those issues, as she says, there’s very little daylight between him and Michael Ignatieff. (Liberals pounding their fists on climate change really is an insult to the intelligence.) So the more chances Mr. Harper gets to look prime ministerial, the less chance the opposition has of unseating him. Then again, Riley says “Canadians don’t vote based on how a leader performs at these international gabfests.” So … yeah.
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Posted in: Canada, Full Comment Tags: Canadian politics, Chris Selley, Full Pundit, G20, G8, CSIS, summits, Richard Fadden
The world has no doubt already heard more than it cares to know about the G20, but as Day One dawns it’s difficult to ignore the epic silliness the Harper government has imposed on Toronto in the name of … well, beats the hell out of me what it’s in the name of.
As Don Martin ably describes — from the deck of the city’s biggest tourist attraction, which of course will be closed — $1 billion in security precautions buys you a post-apocalyptic city emptied of all normal life, where hordes of cops earning triple time wander around trying not to look bored. Read More
Kelly McParland: The summit of silliness
June 25, 2010 – 10:23 am
GEOFF ROBINS/AFP/Getty Images
Now, how frightening do these cops look?
Students from George Bown College take
photographs after their convocation ceremony
n downtown Toronto, as police with riot gear
patrol the streets ahead of the G20 summit.
Students from George Bown College take
photographs after their convocation ceremony
n downtown Toronto, as police with riot gear
patrol the streets ahead of the G20 summit.
As Don Martin ably describes — from the deck of the city’s biggest tourist attraction, which of course will be closed — $1 billion in security precautions buys you a post-apocalyptic city emptied of all normal life, where hordes of cops earning triple time wander around trying not to look bored. Read More
Posted in: Canada, Full Comment, World Politics Tags: Stephen Harper, Kelly McParland, G20 summit, Maude Barlow, national security
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