Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2

Dear Prime Minister Harper,

I am writing to express my distaste for the omnibus “budget bill” C-38 which is an attack on environmental safeguards, fisheries protection, due process for mega-projects such as pipelines, workers’ access to EI, food and drug regulations, health care oversight, government ethics oversight, the CBC, our Archives, etc, etc (also Bill C-10, also the dismantling of the long gun registry, also the dismantling of the wheat board, etc etc etc).

First, to load everything including the kitchen sink into one massive 420 page which is really 60 bills bundled together makes a mockery of parliamentary process. It is in fact an assault on democracy.

Second, to eviscerate our environmental review process is a travesty. I would like to suggest that you have misjudged British Columbians. Your preparations to ram through the Enbridge pipeline and oil tanker traffic down our coast do not sit well here. My sense is that this issue will make the Clayoquot demonstrations look small.

I am a grey-haired 67-year-old woman who has been entirely non-violent all my life. I intend to remain so but I will not sit quietly and let the Canada I believe in be undone before my eyes. All around me I see that more and more Canadians are coming to understand your modus operandi and what it means for Canadian democracy. I’m sure my name is already on your list of people who speak out too loudly. So be it. I believe I am not alone in my determination to stand up against these drastic measures put through by your government with its bare 39% of the popular vote.

Repectfully,

Dorothy Field