Will Harper pay a price at home for G20 cost, violence?
Posted Jun 28, 2010 09:05:19 AM.
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TORONTO, Ont. – The G8 and G20 summits were Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s time to shine as Canada hosted the leaders of the most powerful countries in the world.
And while Harper won political points on the global stage, he may pay a price at home for the cost and violence in Toronto.
Dr. Ella Kokotsis, director of external relations at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, said she thinks Harper will pay a price at home.
“I think that is going to be the legacy of this summit, as it so often is, when you see violent disruptions in some major downtown metropolitan cores, and that’s what you’ve seen here in Toronto,” Dr. Kokotsis said.
“Certainly I think the Prime Minister is going to take a lot of heat for the type of violence that happened, certainly Mayor Miller was very outspoken about that, the Toronto police chief was very outspoken about that. Physical damage to property, the kind of arrests […] that’s really going to become the focal point. And I think the Prime Minister is going to have to be prepared to take some heat on that,” she added.
In an interview with CTV News, Harper said he deplored the violence that occurred in Toronto during the G20.
