Perhaps there is a rational explanation for the $1 Billion in G8/20 security costs

It is stuff like this that makes the cynic in me think that a significant part of the reason for the excessive security is to inure us to the overt presence of state security operatives in our everyday lives. If they can shut down Bay Street, why not Water Street?

Makes those Liberal "Soldiers in or streets" ads from 2006 seem not so crazy. Don't trust me. Trust this bastion of Liberal sympathizers.