Monday, June 28, 2010

My one and only letter to Stephen Harper re: the G20

Because people have pointed out the obvious - that Stephen Harper is ultimately responsible for the G20 fiasco - I did send him a note. I know though that he doesn't care about Toronto or what Torontonians think. That's the point. He held the G20 here, knowing full well what would happen to punish us for not voting Conservative. Still...






Dear Mr. Harper,

The aftermath of your party in Toronto is still unfolding. Many are of the opinion that all of the blame should fall on you. There is more than enough blame to go around. Our Mayor, our Premiere, our police, the OPP, the RCMP and others all let us down this weekend.

Ultimately though you do bear responsibility for all of it. You were asked not to hold the G20 in Toronto. You were told what would happen. You were offered alternatives and you listened to no one and plunged ahead knowing how things would unfold. In short you attacked Toronto. You set fire to the police cars. You broke those windows. You assaulted peaceful protesters. You arrested innocent people who weren't even involved in these protests.

The Federal Conservatives are from here on the party of the black bloc. You are one and the same and when people vote Conservative that is what they are voting for.

I know that you don't care. Everything that happened in Toronto in the last few days was part of your design. It was deliberate and pre-meditated.

I hope that now you have demonstrated, in no uncertain terms, how you feel about this city you will do us the favor of staying away. You're not welcome in Toronto. No member of the Federal Conservatives is welcome and there is no point in running candidates here.

Go burn police cars in someone else's city and do not pretend to stand for anything but hate. Even your rivals compliment you on being a good family man and loving your children but given how you treated Toronto's children this weekend I can't even believe that anymore.

VERY sincerely,
Justin Beach
Toronto

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3 comments:

slydog said...

Bravo Justin! Had to be said.

CK said...

Very good lettter! I trust you emailed it to him?

I wonder which flunky read it?

Justin Beach said...

I'm sure that some flunky or other read it - but that's ok, so far it's been re tweeted I don't know how many times and re-posted in full to several places. If it gets wide enough circulation Harper will read it. That's not really the point though. Harper only gets one vote come election time - so does everyone else who reads it.

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