Bob Rae on G8 and G20 Summits

In the House of Commons on June 15th, 2010. See this statement in context.

G8 and G20 SummitsOral Questions

June 15th, 2010 / 2:15 p.m.

Liberal

Bob Rae Liberal Toronto Centre, ON

Mr. Speaker, I will start again.

According to the University of Toronto, last year's conference in L'Aquila cost $260 million. The G20 meeting in Pittsburgh cost a total of $18 million.

So what is the reason for the huge differences between the past two conferences in Europe and the United States and the $1 billion the Government of Canada has spent? What is the reason for the difference?

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