Dear Garth:
I just finished “After the Crash.” It is a great read. (The fact that it could use some editing only underlines the urgency of the global situation!) Thanks for the hard work. My household (along with lots of others, I am sure) is putting some of your sage advice into practice. Thankfully, we are in good shape already. But we are preparing for a long, hard time.
You are likely challenged, even confronted at times. “Illegitimati non carborundum” (Don’t let the bastards drag you down)! Just continue to do good, and to show concern. We are not responsible for the actions and sentiments of others; we can only strive to do what is right ourselves.
You needn’t respond as I am sure that you are busy. I just wanted to thank you.
Cheers, John Harvey
Mr. Turner,
I purchased (and the next day finished) your book, “Sheeple”. As someone who tried political activism at the time of the merger between the CA and PC parties, I discovered (though not nearly to the detailed extent that you did) how political parties in general, and the CPC in particular, truly operate. Your book was more depressing than alarming, confirming what I feared I already knew about partisan politics in Canada. Lamentations aside, thank you for trying to be a principled politician and for subsequently writing your book. I only hope it opens a few more eyes to the sad state of democracy in our country.
Also, as a former resident of Wellington-Halton Hills and someone who voted for Michael Chong when he first ran, I was both heartened and saddened to read your account of his despicable ouster from the CPC. I am glad the faith I once placed in him to be an MP of strong principle was not unfounded, and if you still keep in touch with Mr. Chong I would ask that you tell him I, for what it’s worth, applaud his actions when told to act against his better judgment, indeed his very moral code.
Thank you again,
Anon
Hi Garth,
Thank you for writing Sheeple. I just now finished reading the book, bought it after hearing you on The Sunday Edition in conversation with Michael Enright and Elizabeth Day.
Democracy is my passion, but I am looking at it from the other end of the spectrum, the municipal level. I have written a book about it (Citizens’ Hall: Making Local Democracy Work) and I hold to the belief that if citizens cannot assume the responsibility of democracy at the local level, how in hell can they ever be expected to deal effectively with the political machinery installed in provincial capitals and in Ottawa.
I knew it was bad up there, but I had no idea just how bad it was until I read Sheeple. Depressing, but not without a glimmer of hope.
Thanks for writing it.
Andre
Andre Carrel
Terrace, B.C.
