goddamn it harper!

Eeeek! I have been remiss from you, sweet internet, for quite some time. (I had the magical strep throat mutating thing which kept me on the couch with blankets over my head for several weeks.)

Recent situations have made me want to dive back under the covers, however. (This means you, Mr. Moore.)

Sachi, as usual, outlines the situation far more cleverly thank I, so I urge you to go here to read her take on the current threat to little literary magazines in Canada.

There is also a good article at Bookninja.

If you love poetry (or even if you just love the poet(s) in your life) I urge you to:

-Join this Facebook group

-Subscribe to a Canadian literary magazine today! (Magazines Canada has a Buy 2 Get 1 FREE offer good till March 15)

-Submit to STEPHEN HARPER magazine:
STEPHEN HARPER was started as the first magazine under new funding guidelines made by the Canadian Periodical Fund. We believe that the best response to these new guidelines is to try to produce a literary journal streamlined enough to meet the new realities of today’s publishing industry. STEPHEN HARPER has an official subscription base of 413 – each MP and senator in the Canadian government is a subscriber, including our namesake! As well, STEPHEN HARPER will be starting a list of unsubscribers (the SH! list) of people not quite lucky enough to be members of Canada’s own government, but who still wish to receive the light of STEPHEN HARPER into their heart.

-Write to the following:

Minister of Canadian Heritage: Hon. James Moore

House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
T: 613-992-9650
F: 613-992-9868
E: moorej@parl.gc.ca

Constituency Office
2603 St. John’s St.
Port Moody, BC V3H 2B5
T: 604-937-5650
F: 604-937-5601

Liberal Heritage Critic: Pablo Rodriguez

House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
T: 613-995-5080
F: 613-992-1710
E: rodripa@parl.gc.ca

Constituency Office
7450, Les Galeries d’Anjou Blvd, Suite 530
Anjou, QC, H1M 3M3
T: 514-353-5044
F: 514-353-3050

NDP Heritage Critic: Charlie Angus

House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
T: 613-992-2919
F: 613-995-0477
E: angus.c@parl.gc.ca

Constituency Office
20 Duncan Avenue S.
PO Box 276
Kirland, ON P2N 3H7
T: 705-567-2747
F: 705-567-5232

Bloc québecois Heritage Critic: Carole Lavallée

House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
T: 613-996-2416
F: 613-995-6973
E: lavalC@parl.gc.ca

Constituency Office
110-5540 Chambly
Saint-Hubert, QC J3Y 3P1
T: 450-926-5979
F: 450-926-5985

Liberal Leader: Michael Ignatieff

House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
T: 613-995-6364
F: 613-992-5880
E: ignatm@parl.gc.ca

Constituency Office
656 The Queensway
Etobicoke, ON M8Y 1K7
T: 416-251-5510
F: 416-251-2845

NDP Leader: Jack Layton

House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
T: 613-995-7224
F: 613-995-4565
E: laytoj@parl.gc.ca

Constituency Office
221 Broadway Avenue, Suite 100
Toronto, ON M4M 2G3
T: 416-405-8914
F: 416-405-8918

Bloc Québecois Leader: Gilles Duceppe

House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
T: 613-992-6779
F: 613-954-2121
E: duceppe.g@parl.gc.ca

Constituency Office
1200 Papineau Ave, Suite 350
Montreal, QC H2K 4R5
T: 514-522-1339
F: 514-522-9899

Conservative Leader: Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper

House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
T: 613-992-4211
F: 613-941-6900
E: harpes@parl.gc.ca

Constituency Office
1600-90th Avenue SW, Suite A-203
T: 403-253-7990
F: 403-253-8203

Remember to write MPs c/o both the House of Commons and their constituency offices. That way their entire staff will know about your concerns.