tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post1544280429952610393..comments2023-10-10T05:02:26.827-07:00Comments on WesternGrit: Harper/Reform-a-Tory's Hatred of Toronto Shines ThroughWesternGrithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06658358114507615351noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-46064404665266355802010-06-27T17:17:34.937-07:002010-06-27T17:17:34.937-07:00What happened to your spine and what happened to y...<i>What happened to your spine and what happened to your party?</i><br /><br />What city in their right mind would ever want to host one of these things? It's one thing to stand tough for something wanted or needed... but a G8 or G20 conference? <br /><br />Over a billion spent to keep a small number of people safe. The core choked off, the city turned into a ghostown in the days leading up to the conference, thousands of police officers bused in to provide security, <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/06/26/police-booth-raid426.html" rel="nofollow">people arrested in the middle of the night after accidentally being identified as a protester</a>, store owners now having to replace their storefront glass. Try holding one of these things in your downtown area, and you see what a nightmare they are. It's a lot to ask people to sacrifice and put up with for some photo-ops for a few world leaders.sharonapple88https://www.blogger.com/profile/11149226422042041129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-18273636981593947582010-06-27T06:17:14.416-07:002010-06-27T06:17:14.416-07:00I kinda agree with Anonymous, mobs are nothing new...I kinda agree with Anonymous, mobs are nothing new. The overriding fear of them is, people want to be taken care of and that makes me sad.<br /><br />On the other hand, people from big cities do have differing values from the rest of Canada. I've moved out east and travel to TO and Montreal regularly now. People exist in a different world that has nothing to do with liberal or CONservative.PeterChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09735061912493490485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-38530783440408532782010-06-27T05:18:01.043-07:002010-06-27T05:18:01.043-07:00Oh yeah, blame the protesters who just torched a p...Oh yeah, blame the protesters who just torched a police cruiser on the political emnity that the Harper government has for Toronto. What an idiotic statement.Top Canhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12377393114119174502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-64644215470597194652010-06-26T20:06:23.752-07:002010-06-26T20:06:23.752-07:00Adam Vaughan, City councillor and the Mayor of Tor...Adam Vaughan, City councillor and the Mayor of Toronto both did not want it in downtown Toronto.... They had said so. more than once. They wanted Harper to have it in Exhibition Place, where it could be well monitored..Harper said NO!!<br /> I guess it wasn't fancy enough.Carihttp://google.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28423454.post-9906315778566523142010-06-26T18:46:40.266-07:002010-06-26T18:46:40.266-07:00Brilliant!! Canada's biggest and best city sh...Brilliant!! Canada's biggest and best city should not hold a summit for fear the mobs may rule. Wanna know whats ironic from someone in his 50's...?? Pierre Elliot Trudeau would have been in full flak jacket in defiance of a mob with his middle finger pointed at them today if he was still around.<br />What happened to your spine and what happened to your party?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com