Dear Tony Blair,

We understand you are leaving politics in Britain. Please don't turn away from politics forever. We've been looking for someone like you: someone socially progressive and fiscally responsible; someone charming; someone Tough on Terror; someone who supports human rights; someone to train our immigrants; someone who will invest in the environment (and economic growth); someone to invest in education and healthcare and impose new hidden taxes; someone who's been out of the country for a while; someone with nation-building experience; someone with a record of pragmatism and caucus revolts; someone who has been to Iraq and thinks Saddam Hussein is an awful person; someone to introduce income-contingent loan repayments and higher tuition at universities; someone Tough on Human Rights; someone new; someone like Pierre Trudeau.

Mr Blair, please come to Canada. The Liberal Party needs you.


Invoking you fondly,

Bob Rae
Michael Ignatieff
Carolyn Bennett
Scott Brison
Gerrard Kennedy
Stephane Dion
(Add Your Name Here)

Dear Oliver,

Can you come back now? I miss you a lot. I want a dog around, but I don't want a new dog because you can't really get better than the best dog who ever lived. So it would be really good if you could magically come back. I've asked Adrian a couple of times to make you alive again, but even though he'd do anything for love, he won't [OK, can't] do that.

Love always,

Mommy