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by marekmroz 4898 days ago
It is not.

It is Steven Harper and Jim Flaherty privatizing profits and outsourcing costs to the people, business as usual.

Remember ~$2 billion dollars disappearing into thin air[1]? Well, I mean, there was the $2m fakelake[2], an unlawful prison[3], and a 'terrorist' was caught[4] (and released[5]) but I still think Canadians did not get their money's worth. Sonic cannon's manufacturers, on the other hand, made out quite nicely. Oh, Canada...

[1]http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/17/why-host-a-billion-dollar...

[2]http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2010/06/23/g20-fake-lake...

[3]http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/06/28/toron...

[4]http://www.torontolife.com/daily/informer/from-print-edition...

[5]http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/05/15/toron...