UPDATED - G8/20Watch: Name That Lake!

(A "Rendering" of what the fake lake will look like; photo from Twitter)


Just off the gallery newswire comes this modest proposal, courtesy of the Council of Canadians, to officially name "Canada's newest lake" after the prime minister ultimately responsible for its creation:

The Council of Canadians has applied to the Geographical Names Board of Canada to have an artificial lake currently under construction at the Direct Media Centre in Toronto named after Prime Minister Stephen Harper.  At a reported cost of $1.9 million, the lake is intended to resemble those found in the Muskoka region with a fake dock, fake canoes and a Jumbotron display showing cottage country photos to the international media in Toronto for the G20.

"We have sent an official request to the Geographical Names Board of Canada to have Canada's newest lake named "Harper's Folly" in honour of the Prime Minister" said Mark Calzavara, the Ontario/Quebec Organizer for the Council of Canadians. "We believe that all Canadians-regardless of their political views- will agree that the only thing more outrageous than spending $1.1 billion on a three day meeting is thinking that an indoor lake next to a big television could possibly compare to the spectacular beauty of cottage country." [...]

Official request to the Geographical Names Board of Canada as per information contained here.

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Dear Sirs,

Canada's newest lake is being constructed indoors at a cost of least $1.9 million dollars to give international media a taste of what a real lake in the Muskokas might feel like. This lake must have an appropriate name and who better to name it after than Prime Minister Stephen Harper who approved of this expenditure as well as another $1.1 Billion to be spent on three days of G20 meetings. We believe the word "Folly" is self explanatory.
Long time resident Mark Calzavara of 210-116 Spadina Ave, Toronto, is available to swear, attest and verify that for the entire three days the lake will be in existence, he will call it "Harper's Folly".

Latitude = 43 degrees,   38.1 minutes   North
Longitude  = 79 degrees,   24.8 minutes   West

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