"Fiscally responsible" Conservatism: Stephen Harper & Co spending $2 million on faux lake for G20

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from the Toronto Star:



Tories defend $2M fake lake being built for summit
Published On Mon Jun 07 2010

Les Whittington and Richard J. Brennan Ottawa Bureau


OTTAWA—A fake $2 million indoor lake by the Gardiner Expressway is the latest example of the Conservative government’s summit spending spree that some say could hit $2 billion by the time world leaders fly out of Toronto on June 27.

Dogged by the worst deficit in Canadian history, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government is throwing around money it doesn’t have on summits in Huntsville and Toronto that are ironically devoted to coming to grips with huge government debt.

“This is supposed to be a meeting about dealing with the international debt crisis. We’re supposed to be leading the world in showing austerity and we invite them to our doorsteps to sit around a $2 million fake lake — it’s pretty ridiculous,” said Liberal MP Mark Holland.

Opposition critics on Monday raised several questionable expenditures in the House of Commons — from a new washroom dozens of kilometres away from the Hunstville G8 summit to paved roads to nowhere. Even though construction hasn’t started yet, it is the phony lake complete with Muskoka chairs, mocked-up canoes and changing scenery at the CNE grounds that captured the most attention. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/820221--tories-defend-2m-fake-lake-being-built-for-summit?bn=1

[baldguy]

1. ahem...

Looking for a lake near Toronto?

[marmar]

2. And that lake, the real one, is clearly visible from the Gardiner Xway.