Blaming Michael Ignatieff's Liberals is the latest defence in the Conservative quiver of excuses to try to explain the massive $1-billion security tab for next month's G8/G20 summits.

As the public outcry grows against the huge cost for the three-day meeting, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews told CTV's Question Period yesterday that using the military - which would have been a much cheaper option than the RCMP - would have provoked political outrage from the Liberals.

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