Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa
K1A 0A2
Dear Prime Minister Harper:
I understand you recently had a productive meeting in Cancun with our President Bush and Mexico’s Vicente Fox. You are fairly new to your post but I’m sure you are aware of the challenges Mr. Bush has with the English language (although he did try out a little French!).
Bush mentioned that you are going to need to work on “vital relations.” I am fairly certain that he meant to say that you need to work on “vittle relations.” The glaringly unbalanced ratio of Mexican restaurants to Canadian restaurants in the United States has many Americans scratching their heads.
I have great affection for Canada, and so I am willing to help you if I can. I have an idea. There is a very popular Mexican restaurant near my home that has patio seating out front. If I could organize a decent group of people, we could bring some Canadian food and sit and enjoy it at the tables in protest of the lack of Canadian restaurants in the area. If there’s enough media coverage, that could be enough to raise public awareness and get someone to finally do something about this issue.
In order to implement this plan I will need some Canadian food recipes. Do you have any recommendations?
I was happy to see on your web site that you send out letters and certificates for Canadians’ significant birthdays and anniversaries. When I turn sixty-five, if I’m not yet a Canadian, I’ll contact our President and see if she’ll send me a card.
Truly,
Liz Mann
