Dear Mr Prime Minister

Dear Mr Prime Minister,

Your people called me tonight. Yes, they did. They asked me, as a former supporter of the Party, for a donation of $100, which will only cost me $25 in the end after a $75 tax rebate. They want to be on firm financial footing for an election which, as they assured me I know, may come soon in this minority government.

It's time for my confession, Stephen. I'm not sure I'm voting for you this time. You let me down. Yes, you did. Sure, you did four of the five things you promised in the last election, but one of them was really dumb. Instead of making the federal government more efficient, you saddled it with yet more layers of bureaucrap with the Federal Accountability Act.

Worse still, instead of actually doing something about the environment, you introduced some lame voluntary clean air guidelines that won't be fully in effect until 2050. At least you caved when the NDP threatened an election on the issue, but then you did something worse...

Stephen Harper, you became Paul Martin. Yes, you did. You reintroduced Paul Martin's enviro-package, the same one you thought was lame and undoable four or so years ago. Canadians might have remembered those measures better if the sponsorship scandal hadn't killed for two years the excellent ad campaign starring Rick Mercer. Still, it boggles my mind that you reintroduced the same package of programs and didn't give "Canada's Former Government" any credit.

So, I'm not giving you my $100 now which will really be $25 later. I'm waiting on you to tell me how you're going to fix your mistakes. And how you're going to stop being Canada's New Government and start actually governing. Making tough decisions that are right for the future. Demonstrating the integrity and passion of the people that make up the Party. Work with me here, Mr PM. I want to support you, I really do. But I need you to step up and show me why I should.

Kerry

PS - If the Libs use "Canada's Former and Future Government" as their election slogan, I want credit.

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