Michael Moore's open letter to Canada
Michael Moore is currently in production on his next movie. As an avid lover
of all things Canadian, he has issued the following statement regarding
Canada's upcoming election on Monday:
Oh, Canada -- you're not really going to elect a Conservative majority on
Monday, are you? That's a joke, right? I know you have a great sense of
humor, and certainly a well-developed sense of irony, but this is no longer
funny. Maybe it's a new form of Canadian irony -- reverse irony! OK, now I
get it. First, you have the courage to stand against the war in Iraq -- and
then you elect a prime minister who's for it. You declare gay people have
equal rights -- and then you elect a man who says they don't. You give your
native peoples their own autonomy and their own territory -- and then you
vote for a man who wants to cut aid to these poorest of your citizens. Wow,
that is
intense! Only Canadians could pull off a hat trick of humor like that. My
hat's off to you.
Far be it from me, as an American, to suggest what you should do. You
already have too many Americans telling you what to do. Well, actually,
you've got just one American who keeps telling you to roll over and fetch
and sit. I hope you don't feel this appeal of mine is too intrusive but I
just couldn't sit by, as your friend, and say nothing. Yes, I agree, the
Liberals have some 'splainin' to do. And yes, one party in power for more
than a decade gets a little... long. But you have a parliamentary system
(I'll bet you didn't know that -- see, that's why you need Americans telling
you things!). There are ways at the polls to have your voices heard other
than throwing the baby out with the bath water.
These are no ordinary times, and as you go to the polls on Monday, you do so
while a man running the nation to the south of you is hoping you can lend
him a hand by picking Stephen Harper because he's a man who shares his world
view. Do you want to help George Bush by turning Canada into his latest
conquest? Is that how you want millions of us down here to see you from now
on? The next notch in the cowboy belt? C'mon, where's your Canadian pride? I
mean, if you're going to reduce Canada to a cheap download of Bush & Co.,
then at least don't surrender so easily. Can't you wait until he threatens
to bomb Regina? Make him work for it, for Pete's sake.
But seriously, I know you're not going to elect a guy who should really be
running for governor of Utah. Whew! I knew it! You almost had me there. Very
funny. Don't do that again. God, I love you, you crazy cold wonderful
neighbors to my north. Don't ever change.
Michael Moore
(Mr. Moore is not available for interviews because he now needs to address
the situation in Azerbaijan. But he could be talked into it for a couple of
tickets to a Leaf's game.)
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of all things Canadian, he has issued the following statement regarding
Canada's upcoming election on Monday:
Oh, Canada -- you're not really going to elect a Conservative majority on
Monday, are you? That's a joke, right? I know you have a great sense of
humor, and certainly a well-developed sense of irony, but this is no longer
funny. Maybe it's a new form of Canadian irony -- reverse irony! OK, now I
get it. First, you have the courage to stand against the war in Iraq -- and
then you elect a prime minister who's for it. You declare gay people have
equal rights -- and then you elect a man who says they don't. You give your
native peoples their own autonomy and their own territory -- and then you
vote for a man who wants to cut aid to these poorest of your citizens. Wow,
that is
intense! Only Canadians could pull off a hat trick of humor like that. My
hat's off to you.
Far be it from me, as an American, to suggest what you should do. You
already have too many Americans telling you what to do. Well, actually,
you've got just one American who keeps telling you to roll over and fetch
and sit. I hope you don't feel this appeal of mine is too intrusive but I
just couldn't sit by, as your friend, and say nothing. Yes, I agree, the
Liberals have some 'splainin' to do. And yes, one party in power for more
than a decade gets a little... long. But you have a parliamentary system
(I'll bet you didn't know that -- see, that's why you need Americans telling
you things!). There are ways at the polls to have your voices heard other
than throwing the baby out with the bath water.
These are no ordinary times, and as you go to the polls on Monday, you do so
while a man running the nation to the south of you is hoping you can lend
him a hand by picking Stephen Harper because he's a man who shares his world
view. Do you want to help George Bush by turning Canada into his latest
conquest? Is that how you want millions of us down here to see you from now
on? The next notch in the cowboy belt? C'mon, where's your Canadian pride? I
mean, if you're going to reduce Canada to a cheap download of Bush & Co.,
then at least don't surrender so easily. Can't you wait until he threatens
to bomb Regina? Make him work for it, for Pete's sake.
But seriously, I know you're not going to elect a guy who should really be
running for governor of Utah. Whew! I knew it! You almost had me there. Very
funny. Don't do that again. God, I love you, you crazy cold wonderful
neighbors to my north. Don't ever change.
Michael Moore
(Mr. Moore is not available for interviews because he now needs to address
the situation in Azerbaijan. But he could be talked into it for a couple of
tickets to a Leaf's game.)
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