Yes, of course it’s obscene that the minority Conservative government is going to spend an estimated $1 billion for security for the upcoming G8 and G20 summits as a result of political grandstanding (remember 9/11?!) and in the shallowest attempt to highlight one of the Cons’ ridings (which those attending the summit won’t see anyway because, apparently, it’s too scary out there!). But let’s get real here: the opposition won’t vote against this spending (inflated from the original estimate of $137 billion in the budget documents – did I say “inflated”? Try “blown right out of the (Read more…)