Empty charity.

One of the legacies of the latest G8 summit was a very public fingerpointing at Canada for failing to open her wallet as wide as promised.

"Prime Minister Stephen Harper has made a poor entrance at the Group of Eight summit this year," a Taronto Star editorial scolded. "Apart from confirming that Canada doesn't intend to meet our Kyoto targets on climate change, he has dealt our international image a second blow by disclosing that we plan to renege on a $700 million aid pledge to poverty-stricken Africa."

Well, they would say that, wouldn't they?

So did Bono when G8 leaders promised $60 billion to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis which have devastated African countries and their economies.

"I am exasperated," said the …