“This is a classic attempt for us to be able to market the country. We have quotes from all kinds of people in the Ontario tourism industry including the president of that industry saying, ‘This is our chance to profile Ontario tourism to the world, we must not miss this opportunity’,” Harper told MPs

Obviously the hooliganism we saw this weekend wasn’t Harper’s fault. And, to a certain extent, it shows why the security costs were so high.

But there’s no way this summit should have been held in Toronto. Clearly, these sort of events are better suited for isolated locations – that gameplan worked well in 2002 (Kananaskis) and it has when other countries hosted.

I’m sure other world leaders won’t make this same mistake for future G8 summits.