Reply #49: let me not to clear thinking admit impediment ;)

[iverglas]

I'm as annoyed by uninformed statements about local politics as the next person ... but ...

There is a point that might be made that the agents provocateurs thing is a symptom of the problem with the whole security prosperity thing itself -- that it's merely a cover for US imperialism.

I've seen it pointed out that security for the get-together was likely micromanaged by US agencies. Perhaps not down to the use of the three bandana-ed morons in question, but maybe in terms of the nature of "security" arrangements being made in Canada in situations like this in general, the fact that we have a complicit federal government in place could be relevant.

Not that I don't consider Liberal governments to be equally complicit ...