The Bloggers With The Most To Say
What would you do with $1.9 million?
Apparently, if you're the Canadian government, you build a fake lake.
While it's just a drop in the bucket when compared to the total budget for
hosting the G20 summit this month, the construction of the indoor "lake"
as an effort to impress visiting journalists and increase tourism is
just too preposterous to ignore. Did I mention this construction is
happening a stone's throw from an ACTUAL lake?
The whole issue has got me thinking about whether or not these vastly expensive,
security heavy international meetings are even necessary, fake lakes or
not.
With such a range of "skype-like" technology, is it even responsible and/or necessary for world leaders to be jet setting around
the world to discuss economic issues, when they could surely set up an
online conference at a fraction of the cost?
What do you think?
While it's just a drop in the bucket when compared to the total budget for
hosting the G20 summit this month, the construction of the indoor "lake"
as an effort to impress visiting journalists and increase tourism is
just too preposterous to ignore. Did I mention this construction is
happening a stone's throw from an ACTUAL lake?
The whole issue has got me thinking about whether or not these vastly expensive,
security heavy international meetings are even necessary, fake lakes or
not.
With such a range of "skype-like" technology, is it even responsible and/or necessary for world leaders to be jet setting around
the world to discuss economic issues, when they could surely set up an
online conference at a fraction of the cost?
What do you think?
© 2012 Created by Lisa.
