Hari's Place

On this anniversary of the 2010 G20 summit in Toronto, it behooves us to look back over the past year and consider that the event was not the fiasco it seemed to be at the time, but rather a key component of what has turned out to be a stunningly effective political strategy, which is to Fuck Toronto. Prime Minister Harper sends in his GRC goons (that's the Royal Canadian Mother Porkers to the rest of you) to publicly ass-rape downtown Toronto in front of the world, and his party wins a landslide in the following election. Premier McGuinty creates secret laws allowing his Ontario Pig Patrol to grab whoever they want while the local Metrocops try out new human herding techniques, and his popularity soars throughout the province. Hell, even the new mayor of Hogtown (and man, does he look the part) got elected on the Fuck Toronto ticket! So to all those who still feel sore about the whole debacle, I offer this small sop of consolation: you are the beating heart of Canadian democracy and the shining star that defines the rest of a nation where the only sense of shared identity comes from not living in downtown Toronto (and yes, this applies to Quebec ever since you all bent over for Jack in the last election).

To celebrate the annivesary, the hard-working staff at Balzac Enterprises has put together a little photo package in honour of the officers across Canada who gave up their vacation time to travel all the way to Toronto (at quadruple time and a half) to make those who live here feel so much like they were not at home. So modest were they that many were too shy to wear nametags, but I'm sure our readers across the land will join in to make sure that credit is given.
So without further ado, we present: "Who is that armed goof?"

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Extra bonus: a page of videos celebrating the invasion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzXD1DcR5fY