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In June, the world's most powerful heads of state will gather in Toronto with the purpose of shaping their preferred global order. The Dominion will publish a special issue on the G8 and G20 meetings and protests. 
The federal minister of public safety announced today that the government of Canada will put $647.5 million dollars towards security during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The feds are also on the hook for all cost overruns.
BC will pay an extra $165 million, bringing the province's total contribution to the security budget to $252.5 million dollars.
The announcement was made in Ottawa just following Obama's visit to the capital.
Photo: Lola May, CC2.0.
Frankly oppositional and delicious in its rigour, The Dominion is something I look forward to every month.
The best old school journalism understood that its purpose was to challenge power with unassailable facts; the best activist journalism knows that constructive resistance is fueled by media we can actually use. The Dominion represents the vital fusion of these two traditions: it deserves massive support.