The G-20 summit is coming in June to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, which is in the wonderful riding of Trinity—Spadina. The supplementary budget shows $179 million for policing and security costs.
The City of Toronto is very worried and has requested that the federal government post a bond to cover expenses for potential property damage that could occur during the G-20 and for costs incurred by small businesses. The experiences of London and Pittsburgh showed that as a result of protests during the world economic summits those two cities hosted in 2009, there is a need to do so.
So it's very straightforward. Are you going to leave the small businesses on Toronto's waterfront high and dry, or will you compensate them for their losses during the summit and post a bond so they are not worried about what is going to come up? Because economically it is tough out there, and they are worried about economic hardship.