Join Canadians Demanding a Public Inquiry into Toronto G20

Join here: Canadians Demanding a Public Inquiry into Toronto G20. Info reproduced below. Good initiative. I'll only add that with time and further information, I suspect a certain paradox will appear. The G20 organisation and security was bad and unjustifiable, wasteful and badly abusive of basic rights and liberties, AND ALSO, completely understandable. Understandable doesn't mean excusable, it isn't and wasn't. I've never believed in that "comprendre c'est aimer" thing. Comprendre, c'est comprendre, c'est tout. Aimer, c'est aimer, même si on comprend ou on ne comprend pas. But as we get a fuller picture from all sides, it will be clear there is no way any decent fairminded person can excuse the waste and abuses. A fuller picture will, at the same time, paradoxically, make it clear that given the circumstances, it is all very understandable and human. Wrong, bad, must be condemned, and lessons learnt to forestall future rights abuses and waste. But understandable. Let's get authorities to admit they were wrong in a lot of ways and did bad unjustifiable things, first, then, and only then, will fairminded also admit that the authorities' actions were understandable. Wrong, unjustifiable, but understandable. Paradoxical, I know, but true.

As an aside, G20 will probably push some centre-left from McGuinty to NDP, winning NDP seats in metro Toronto, and increased NDP will help PCs steal some seats from LPO elsewhere. Means increased chance of minority, next time. Harperwise, will motivate both pro- and anti-Harperites. A wash? Noui...as 2/3 anti-Harper, a supposed wash of increased motivation actually works against him more than for him, despite CPC demographic targetting. More informal and formal cooperation to avoid vote-splitting than ever, and more coordinated formal/informal anti-Harper counter-propaganda.

Canadians Demanding a Public Inquiry into Toronto G20
A public inquiry is an official review, ordered by government, of important public events or issues. Its purpose is to establish the facts and causes of an event or issue, and then to make recommendations to the government. All levels of government (federal, provincial, and territorial) have the power to call public inquiries.

Several issues have been raised this weekend: Consultation with the City of Toronto and it's citizens, Security build up, the Fence, the treatment of Toronto's homeless, mass damage, no relief fund for shop owners, innocent people and journalists detained, detainee conditions and much more.

This is something that police say we have "never faced in Canada." We agree! Let's learn from this weekend instead of trying to ignore it.

To every story there are many sides, and then there is the truth. Lets get as close to the truth as we can so that protesters, police and politicians a like can answer to the weekends events.