Scroll up the page to my post #37The 2million fake lake has been rebutted by the PM's office. The lake did not cost, according to the PM, 2 million, rather 57k.
Scroll up the page to my post #37The 2million fake lake has been rebutted by the PM's office. The lake did not cost, according to the PM, 2 million, rather 57k.
Looks like the Fake Lake wasn't so expensive after all:
TORONTO - It might have created a splash felt across Canada, but many who got their first glimpse of the fake G20 lake Wednesday agreed it should have caused little more than a ripple.
Most viewing the water feature at the summit media centre in Toronto said the glorified splash pool was a lot smaller than expected and barely deserved the flood of media coverage it got.
"This is what we're talking about? I've spilled more water in a plumbing accident," said an incredulous Claude Doughty, mayor of Huntsville, Ont.
"I find it quite modest compared to what I'd imagined. It's totally appropriate."
Word a few weeks ago that the government was spending more than $2 million to create a fake cottage-country lake caused huge waves.
Critics latched onto the cost to denounce the government's priorities as all wet, especially in light of the $1-billion tab for summit security.
That the cost was closer to $57,000 …
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I would assume they want as much world wide press as possible so they would hold it in a city for that little reason and I'm sure accommodations were another major concern and like most provinces, Ontario can use a boost to it's economy so holding it in Toronto rather than at something akin to a resort is beneficial to the city as a whole and in the long run, possibly to the whole province. It's probably easier to "hide" protesters in the large population of Toronto rather than by a lovely lake somewhere. I'm sure others can add a multitude of reasons to my list.How much it cost is really not the point. We have thousands of lakes in Ontario, why was it necessary to spend money on an artificial one? I can understand Saudi Arabia doing it, but Canada? That is nonsense.
Why didn't they hold the summit on the shore of some lake, rather than downtown Toronto? Wouldn't it have been much cheapr to do so, even apart from the cost of the lake?
And be an easy target for someone to blow up!8OPark a cruise ship at Centre Island. They'd have an airport and all of Toronto Harbour for a moat
That's why they have boats and helicoptersAnd be an easy target for someone to blow up!8O
A small 2 man sub with torpedo at night with infrared sights should do the trick.That's why they have boats and helicopters
In Toronto Harbour, the bottom isn't far down. The difference between sunk and sailing would hardly be noticeable. Now, the sub on the other hand....A small 2 man sub with torpedo at night with infrared sights should do the trick.
:roll:How much it cost is really not the point. We have thousands of lakes in Ontario, why was it necessary to spend money on an artificial one? I can understand Saudi Arabia doing it, but Canada? That is nonsense.
Why didn't they hold the summit on the shore of some lake, rather than downtown Toronto? Wouldn't it have been much cheapr to do so, even apart from the cost of the lake?
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If Iggy, Martin, or Chretien would have spent $57K or even $2 million on it you would have loved the idea.
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I would assume they want as much world wide press as possible so they would hold it in a city for that little reason and I'm sure accommodations were another major concern and like most provinces, Ontario can use a boost to it's economy so holding it in Toronto rather than at something akin to a resort is beneficial to the city as a whole and in the long run, possibly to the whole province. It's probably easier to "hide" protesters in the large population of Toronto rather than by a lovely lake somewhere. I'm sure others can add a multitude of reasons to my list.
If nothing happens and no bombs go off at the summits and all that talking they'll do doesn't result in anything I want a refund. Well, if I buy something in a store and it doesn't do what I thought, I can take it back for a refund, right?"Russia Today" perspective, ridicule, insight, RE: the G20...