Questioning the cost of Layton's state funeral
Toronto Sun
Certainly taxpayer's money has been spent on other controversial events — close to $1 billion for the G8, G20 and $10-million on the Rolling Stones SARSTOCK at Downsview. But those decisions were scrutinized and criticized. ...

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Xtra.ca
A dispatch from the International Copwatching Conference
Xtra.ca
Speakers recalled the police crackdown on the G20 protests in Toronto last summer, emphasizing that the shocking images of mass arrests, tear gas and reports of police misconduct are nothing new in Canada. Gary Kinsman, a sociology professor at ...

Pillages en plein jour ( Naomi Klein)
Cent Papiers
Au « sommet de l'austérité » du G20 l'année dernière à Toronto, les protestations ont dégénéré et de nombreuses voitures de police ont brûlé. Rien à voir avec Londres 2011, mais pour nous les Canadiens, ce fut un choc. Mais la grande controverse qui a ...

Altermonde-sans-frontières
Pillages en plein jour
Altermonde-sans-frontières
Au « sommet de l'austérité » du G20 l'année dernière à Toronto, les protestations ont dégénéré et de nombreuses voitures de police ont brûlé. Rien à voir avec Londres 2011, mais pour nous les Canadiens, ce fut un choc. Mais la grande controverse qui a ...

Warr's attitude explains a lot
Toronto Star
The arrogance displayed by retiring deputy police chief Tony Warr in defending the brutality displayed by Toronto police during the G20 summit is probably indicative of why the police force behaved in the manner it did. It is unbelievable that Warr ...

Mayoral candidate: Turn on the surveillance cameras
News1130
77 new Closed Circuit Television (CCTC) cameras were installed in downtown Toronto in preparation for the G20 Summit (Photo credit: Toronto Police Service). Photo courtesy of: Toronto Police Service VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - A Vancouver mayoral candidate ...

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Rioters are just jerks
The Sudbury Star
In the case of the G20 riots in Toronto, a core group known as the Black Bloc was integral to getting the rioting and violence started. But there were also seemingly normal people who joined in the fray as well as thousands who watched, ...
Why people can't help themselvesMacleans.ca
Why 1000 charged in UK riots and 0 charged in VancouverToronto Star

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One Year After the G20 Protests: Forms of Protest Reflect Our Power
New Socialist Group
The Toronto G20 and the Challenges of Summit Protest, edited by David Wachsmuth and Tom Malleson -- NSW On the one year anniversary of the anti-G20 protests, where the largest mass arrests in Canadian history were carried out, civil society groups held ...

Canada's mixed signals to rising nations
Toronto Star
This engagement of the BICs cannot be separated from the G20. Although unfortunately overshadowed by the violent street disturbances in Toronto, it should not be forgotten that the June 2010 summit allowed Harper to host both President Hu Jintao and ...

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Scepticisme en Europe sur la taxe financière franco-allemande
atlasinfo.fr
Au niveau mondial, malgré la pression française, le G20 a déjà retoqué l'idée l'an dernier à Toronto. La taxe sur les transactions financières, c'est l'épouvantail des marchés et des banques européens. Peur numéro 1 : la "délocalisation " des ...

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Toronto, Montreal ranked as pricey. What, no Vancouver?
Globe and Mail
The EU is now looking at drafting a plan it can present to a G20 summit later this year. "This is something no one - other than euroland politicians - wants to see," said Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics. ...

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Prisoners' meals cheap but nutritional
Toronto Sun
Toronto Police were highly criticized for serving G20 Summit prisoners cheese sandwiches in a temporary holding facility on Eastern Ave. Under UN food standards, “every prisoner shall be provided by the administration at the usual hours with food of ...

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Criminals at root of riots must be treated as such
London Free Press
In the case of the G20 riots in Toronto, a core group known as the Black Bloc was integral to getting the rioting and violence started. But there were also seemingly normal people who joined in the fray as well as thousands who watched, ...

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Criminals at root of riots must be treated as such
The North Bay Nugget
In the case of the G20 riots in Toronto, a core group known as the Black Bloc was integral to getting the rioting and violence started. But there were also seemingly normal people who joined in the fray as well as thousands who watched, ...

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Evidence of Tony Clement's involvement in alleged G8 pork fest mounts
Toronto Life (blog)
But hey, that's okay, because Toronto's G20 experience was so wonderful and totally didn't poison our relationship with the city's police. Oh wait; scratch that. But it's all good, because Clement is only the president of the treasury board now, ...

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Free societies need good police
Montreal Gazette
By David Warren, The Ottawa Citizen August 15, 2011 Not only the "England riots," but the Vancouver hockey spree, last year's G20 "masked ball" in Toronto, Renault-torching sessions in France, racial "wildings" at American summer fairs, debt-related ...

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Greens reiterate call for public inquiry into G20
NorthumberlandView.ca
OTTAWA - In the wake of a recent Ontario lower court ruling that police caused escalating violence at the G20 meetings in Toronto last summer, the Green Party of Canada is again calling for a full public inquiry into the planning, security, ...

Toronto.com
Pigging out for film's sake at the G20 riots
Toronto.com
By Peter Howell Movie Critic Last year's G20 riots in Toronto were bad for property, civil liberties and civic pride – but they were a windfall for one enterprising young filmmaker, who is now headed to TIFF. Andrew Cividino and his team seized the ...

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Do you agree with a Toronto judge's criticisms of the G20?
CBC.ca
By Community Team A recent case has prompted a Toronto judge to make critical remarks about the police working at last year's G20 summit, CBC News reports. The case in question involved Michael Puddy, a London, Ont., resident who was pushed to the ...
Aggression during G20 rally 'perpetrated by police,' judge rulesToronto Star
Judge clears protester, assails 'zealous' Toronto police for G20 ...National Post (blog)
Judge Rules Police Responsible for Aggression at G20 RallyNewstalk 1010

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Weekend Newsstand: August 13, 2011
Torontoist
In today's tasty morsels, the police continue to act like the G20 was no big deal, Toronto has a new sports wizard, a bike thief gets his just desserts, and the people of the Yonge line get the unique joy of shuttle buses. In the latest news that shows ...
Op-Ed: Summerworks Theatre Festival closing weekend in Toronto ...DigitalJournal.com

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