The Summit is over but Quebec City has far from recovered. Sections of the famous fence, its concrete base bearing the graffiti of anger and opposition, still sit along the boulevards.
Tear gas lingers in the homes trapped in the middle of the weekend-long siege.
Work crews continue to clear away the rubble. And people are still talking, some to praise the relative restraint of security forces, others to criticize them for excessive use of tear gas and rubber bullets, and a few to wonder what impact an intense week of debate about hemispheric free trade will have on Quebec sovereignty. All things considered, the toll could have been far worse. Several hundred people were injured, but only a handful seriously. They came by the tens of thousands primarily to oppose economic integration and the secrecy of negotiations, not to fight with police.