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Along with terrorism and organized crime, “embarrassment to the Canadian government” was considered one of the threats facing security forces at the G8 and G20 summit meetings in Ontario 2010, according to newly released military records.

It’s no surprise to learn that officials were worried about potential threats from terrorist organizations such as al-Qaida, “lone wolves” not affiliated with any established terrorist group, foreign spies as well as protest groups and criminals.But, say Canadian Forces planning documents, grouped in with such threats was “Embarrassment to the Gov’t.”

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Although the documents do not detail what would be considered embarrassment, the mass arrests and police abuses from the summits held two years ago in Toronto and Huntsville are still reverberating throughout government and police agencies.

Last month, the Office of the Independent Police Review Director released a scathing report concluding that police used “excessive force,” ignored civil rights and made “unlawful” mass arrests in cracking down on protests at a G20 summit in Toronto. As a result, some have called for the resignation of Toronto’s police Chief Bill Blair.