It's not just a security issue. There are tens of thousands of people who come to a G-20 event, and accommodating those people...for example, you may have 20,000 attendees. There were nearly 4,000 accredited media. There were several hundred additional media who were not accredited but were present. As a matter of fact, there were many what we would call “citizen journalists” out on our streets. We also had large contingents from the various government bodies and business-related bodies that were attending the summit. Frankly, there are very few places in Canada that have the hotel capacity to house these individuals. So I think that was a consideration in addition to security.
On November 4th, 2010. See this statement in context.