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It has been announced the G20 summit for 2010 will be hosted in Canada alongside the G10 summit already scheduled for the end of June, 2010, in the Muskoka area of central Ontario.
Ouch.
Yes, I think there's value in having a number of national leaders meet in person to discuss issues, even if all the agreements are pre-negotiated by their staff weeks in advance of the event. Anything mechanism which facilitates or forces communication is a Good Thing, IMHO.
But when I think of the amount of violence and vandalism which follows these conferences wherever they go, I can only pity the residents whose property is going to be damaged or destroyed. The city will have enormous security-related expenses in the weeks prior and following the event and will have the impact of rerouted traffic, blocked roads & airports for the transport of VIPs and much more.
I imagine every mayor of a hosting city upon hearing his/her location has been selected thinks Fantastic!, followed very quickly by OMG!
It's a wonder to me that the G20 leaders don't select a city in the most police-state-like member to host their meetings, just to escape the bother of protesters, anarchists and riots.
Ouch.
Yes, I think there's value in having a number of national leaders meet in person to discuss issues, even if all the agreements are pre-negotiated by their staff weeks in advance of the event. Anything mechanism which facilitates or forces communication is a Good Thing, IMHO.
But when I think of the amount of violence and vandalism which follows these conferences wherever they go, I can only pity the residents whose property is going to be damaged or destroyed. The city will have enormous security-related expenses in the weeks prior and following the event and will have the impact of rerouted traffic, blocked roads & airports for the transport of VIPs and much more.
I imagine every mayor of a hosting city upon hearing his/her location has been selected thinks Fantastic!, followed very quickly by OMG!
It's a wonder to me that the G20 leaders don't select a city in the most police-state-like member to host their meetings, just to escape the bother of protesters, anarchists and riots.
