The world’s financial powers will assemble in Toronto, Canada when the G20 Summit takes place June 25-27^th at the downtown Metro Toronto Convention Centre.  The G20 (Group of 20) consists of the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of 19 countries worldwide with the European Union forming the twentieth member.  Along with the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, many world leaders will also be involved in the proceedings.

The 19 countries participating in the summit include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.  The member countries account for 90% of global Gross National Product, and are also responsible for 80% of world trade.  Those numbers, coupled with the fact that two-thirds of the world’s population resides in the member countries, prove this annual event is of great international importance.

In an effort to combat the financial crises prevalent in the late 1990’s and to include important emerging-market countries within international economic discussion and governance, the G20 was formed in 1999.  Since their inception, the G20 has worked tirelessly to ensure agreements upon growth policies, while also fighting terrorist financing and helping to the globe to recover from and prevent financial crisis.

The recent global recession was felt worldwide and the G20’s importance has only been magnified in rebounding efforts from this financial disaster.  The G20 was instrumental in forming the FSB (Financial Stability Board), in addition to strengthening the IFIs (International Financial Institutions) to ensure crisis of this magnitude will not happen in the future.

Hosting a G20 Summit brings forth a flood of security issues, and the Toronto Summit is no exception.  The downtown area around the Metro Toronto Convention Centre will grind to a halt during the proceedings, and substantial delays will be common throughout the entire month of June.  A large portion of the downtown area surrounding the Convention Centre, including the CN Tower and Rogers Centre, will be closed for the weekend, however, The Air Canada Centre will remain open for a musical concert event. Various checkpoints will be set up throughout an expanded area of the downtown core, and Police are encouraging the general public to utilize public transit as much as possible.

MCR Rental Solutions will be offering laptop rentals, computer rentals, copier rentals, printer rentals, wireless broadband internet card rentals and internet kiosk rentals for the Toronto G20 Summit taking place at the MTCC on June 25-27th with photo booth rentals from ShutterBug Booth.  Request a Quick Quote from our Toronto computer rental website or contact us directly at toll free 1-800-813-9629 to speak with a friendly and knowledgeable sales representative.