Dear Harper.

Unlike 99% of the people in my age group I was kind of a fan. You were ruthless, cold, and calculating, but you got the job done and sang the beatles.

I’m starting to change my mind.

See, first you blow a billion on a ridiculous meeting in Toronto, I understand security is paramount at an event like this. But Toronto could use the cash way more than the “prestige” of hosting the G20. I was about to ask if you had ridden the TTC lately. Then I remembered your motorcade backed up the already insufficient Don Valley Parkway yesterday, so I’m thinking no.

Now you are try to make millions of Canadians crooks. I stopped downloading in January. I wanted to feel right about how I obtained music. But I’m just one, and it is almost culturally entrenched among my peers. My peers who also happen to be among the most underpaid in a very competitive job market. There isn’t a lot of disposable income to go around and now you are going to make criminals of these kids, teens, and young adults.

I don’t think it is going to win any of us over. It may have just cost you the last one you had.