"Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Group of 20 ego trip trashed a perfect summer weekend in Toronto last year and also delayed Roy Halladay's return to Rogers Centre.

Halladay, who was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies from the Toronto Blue Jays for prospects before the start of the 2010 season, is scheduled to pitch next weekend against the Jays. A series between the teams last season was moved out of Toronto because of the G20 meeting to Philadelphia, where then-Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston gave Halladay a ring and pendant in a private meeting the day after Halladay pitched against his old team for the first time.

But now Halladay will toe the rubber on the mound where he made his reputation and that presents a bit of a conundrum for the Blue Jays: How do you fete the best pitcher in club history who left town because he thought he had a better chance of winning in Philadelphia? This isn't Vince Carter or Chris Bosh or Tracy McGrady – at least, not in the consciousness of the average Blue Jays fan.

The villain in Halladay's departure is still, in their mind, former general manager J.P. Ricciardi. But there is nonetheless a fine line that ought to be walked for an organization that has had difficulty in the past moving out of the Flashback Fridays stage."