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|Description=CBC: Behind the numbers: The G8/G20 expenses debate, is it really about transparency? | |Description=CBC: Behind the numbers: The G8/G20 expenses debate, is it really about transparency? | ||
|Link=http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/2010/09/behind-the-numbers-the-g8g20-expenses-debate-is-it-really-about-transparency.html | |Link=http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/2010/09/behind-the-numbers-the-g8g20-expenses-debate-is-it-really-about-transparency.html | ||
|Start date=2010-09-24 | |||
|Project=2010/G20 and G8 Budget | |Project=2010/G20 and G8 Budget | ||
|Topic=2010/G20 and G8 Budget/Budget numbers are transparently being released | |Topic=2010/G20 and G8 Budget/Budget numbers are transparently being released | ||
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|Source=cbc.ca | |Source=cbc.ca | ||
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What we have recorded to date is about a quarter of a billion dollars. In other words, a fraction of the total bill, which we're told is comprised mostly of security costs born by the RCMP and CSIS. Because of security concerns with those organizations, a detailed breakdown of the remaining costs may never come. If it does, the information, as it was this summer when foreign affairs first released its costs, will be heavily censored. | What we have recorded to date is about a quarter of a billion dollars. In other words, a fraction of the total bill, which we're told is comprised mostly of security costs born by the RCMP and CSIS. Because of security concerns with those organizations, a detailed breakdown of the remaining costs may never come. If it does, the information, as it was this summer when foreign affairs first released its costs, will be heavily censored. | ||