Canadian government will not be paying for any property damage during G20 summit

Toronto councillor Adam Vaughan has stated that the federal government will not be paying for any property damage during G20 summit.

Toronto homeowners and businesses may suffer if any violence breaks out. 

Leaders of the G20 countries will be in Toronto on June 26 and 27.

“This is absolutely unacceptable. They’re bringing this party to town. They know what accompanies this sort of event, and for them to walk away from small businesses after they spent $1-billion on themselves is an absolute disgrace, and Stephen Harper ought to have an answer for those small businesses,” said Mr. Vaughan, who has argued for months that staging the event in the downtown core is a mistake.

“We went to the federal government as soon as they announced this and started talking about posting a bond so we could get that money to small businesses very quickly, so that the local economy was not put out of place when they debated the global economy. Not only is the federal government said they won’t post the bond, they’re now saying they won’t compensate people who might have property damage as a result of this event.”