G20 Prompts Expanded Police Power...Permanently http://linchpin.ca/content/State-repression-borders/G20-prompts-expanded-police-power-permanently

Doubtless the grand excuse of G20 security will be leveraged to secure special treatment for police state infrastructure, which remains the thin blue line separating the public from the wealthy minority determining their lives. The $45 million addition to the police budget is a pittance for the long term social control it affords, as poverty rises in a global recession and the propertied classes need bigger and more well-equipped guard dogs.