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U.S. Warns Americans about Travel in Toronto during G-20
June 18, 2010

The U.S. State Department has issued a travel alert to Americans planning to go to Toronto next week, warning of potential demonstrations and increased security during the Group of 20 summit.

The Canadian government will also likely increase passport and security checks at its border ahead of the summit, according to the advisory.

“U.S. citizens should avoid traveling in or through downtown Toronto during the Summit,” according to the advisory. “ Demonstrations that are meant to be peaceful can become violent and unpredictable.”

The fourth G-20 summit is a gathering of the heads of state of the biggest developed and emerging economies that oversee about 85 percent of global output. Past G-20 meetings, including one in Pittsburgh in September and another in London in April 2009, drew thousands of protesters.

In London, leaders from 22 countries, more than a thousand government officials and aides, and several hundred members of the press clogged the streets.

Among the demonstrations was one outside the Bank of England that left one person dead.

Source :- http://www.jamaicaobserver.com