G20
• Blast film goes up in yellow zone [ Toronto Star ]
• A Peek at the summit [ Toronto Star ]
• G20 protesters try to take over downtown property [ Toronto Star ]
• Travers: Summit spending tests bottomless public trough [ Toronto Star ]
• Little left to chance in protecting summit leaders [ Toronto Star ]
• Police out in full force, but pedestrians still have access downtown [ Toronto Star ]
• 2,000 meals for the poor cancelled due to G20 [ Toronto Star ]
• Menon: Fortress Toronto is Stephen Harper’s dream come true [ Toronto Star ]
• Making a buck off the G20 [ Toronto Star ]
• Raucous protest gives possible taste of whats to come [ Toronto Star ]
‘• Calls to action on some G20 protest websites [ National Post ]
• Toronto police investigate gunshots fired inside G20 traffic zone [ National Post ]
• Peter Kuitenbrouwer: Downtown doesn’t feel like home during G20 [ National Post ]
• RCMP adds water cannons to G8/G20 security arsenal [ National Post ]
• Police state in, power suits out as Toronto goes into security shock [ Globe & Mail ]
City Building
• Ford, Smitherman class over development [ Toronto Star ]
• Hume: The troubled future of history [ Toronto Star ]
• Hamilton: Canada is falling behind on true green innovation [ Toronto Star ]
Other News
• Buttonville crash exposes danger of piloting aerial ads [ Toronto Star ]
• Never say never: That’s Tory’s story and he’s sticking to it [ Globe & Mail ]
• Store owner goes on trial in October [ Toronto Sun ]
• Miller accused of supporting union raid [ Toronto Sun ]
• McGuinty hawks HST on tv [ Toronto Sun ]
• Don’t worry, they’ll be gone soon [ Metro ]
One comment
Menon’s piece, “Fortress Toronto is Stephen Harper’s dream come true,” is not as crazy or paranoid as it sounds.
After the 2004 Republican National Convention in NYC, the NYPD was armed will all sorts of crazy new tools upon which countless millions of dollars had been spent.
To justify these purchases for what was supposed to be just a weeklong event, the NYPD stepped up their presence and Intelligence division, and started spying on/shutting down events like Critical Mass.
One of the best things about Toronto is how you can go for several days without seeing a police officer, and feel safe downtown at all times. Toronto doesn’t need as many police as American cities because it is kept safe by the goodwill of Torontonians.