With the G20 meetings in their city this weekend, many Torontonians demonstrated more frustration with the $1bn price tag for policing the conference than they did pride as hosts. But Canadian politicians were another story. They used the the talks between global powers on the need for austerity measures to tout their own success in the face of financial crisis. At the beginning of the conference, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper called Toronto "home to the world's soundest financial sector." The Wall Street Journal's Christina Tsuei checked on the bold assertions of Canadian officials:
Posted
06-28-2010 2:18 AM
by
Graham Griffith
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