http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/1905/0 en http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/budget-report-or-terror-advisory/3850 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Budget Officer comes up short on G20 spending inquiry </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/pittsburgh-g20-police.jpg" alt="" title="Keeping our communities safe?" width="450" height="314" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>After the Wednesday release of parliamentary budget officer (PBO) Kevin Page&rsquo;s report on security spending for the G8 and G20 summits, minister of public safety Vic Toews said that the report &ldquo;vindicated&rdquo; the governments' decision to spend over 900 million dollars on security for the 3 days of meetings.</p> <p><a href="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/budget-report-or-terror-advisory/3850" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/budget-report-or-terror-advisory/3850#comments Ryan Lum Ideas Halifax transparency Dominion Stories Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:42:30 +0000 Ryan Lum 3850 at http://toronto.mediacoop.ca