I support the peaceful demonstrations as a right to assemble but I question what exactly is being protested against? This whole international conference seems to me to be a folly of fools from the start and the security costs totally obscene! For this I place the most blame at Harper's feet! Rather than spend well over a billion dollars trying to secure the largest city in the country these meetings could have been held at a military base where high levels of security are already in place. International discussions in preparation for the conference have no doubt already scripted any consensus to be announced and the face to face meeting of the leaders amounts to little more than dinner and a photo opp.
All that being said the stupid thugs starting the riots will give justification to these outrageous costs!