Billed as a legacy gift to the city, its cost and that of many others are revealed for the first time as Canadians get a close look as to how the hosting tab for the back-to-back G8/G20 summits climbed to $1-billion.
That green wall inside the Direct Energy Centre? $246,000. Other odds and sods on the list include a $26,661 tab for electronic mosquito traps, $31,390 on flag polls and $14,049 for glow sticks.
Don't ever accept as an answer from a politician that "We don't have the money!" As we can see from this - there is always the money - the real issue is one of choice.
I am finding that my test of a politician and a government is made on not what they did but on what they chose - where is their focus and does it line up with what I think is right.
So what do you think about choices that favour - more security - more prisons - looser gun control - looser regulation - more support for corporations and for the established energy and food system? Ask how this helps Canada. Ask who benefits. Ask who loses. Ask does this get at the complex forces that are working on our stability and future as a country?
