Stayed at the Cosmopolitan Hotel 6/29-7/2/09. Visited the ROM (Dead Sea Scrolls etc), Chinatown, Distillery District, St, Lawrence Market and Harborside. The only apparent effect of the strike was the cancellation of the in-town fireworks on Canada Day and unavailability of ferries to the islands.

BTW the Cosmo 1 bedroom hi floor was a deal at 85USD per nite including breakfast, wireless internet, full kitchen, 2 tv's. Self parking for 16CDN per day 2 blocks away (v. 30CDN valet at the hotel)was tolerable.