Dear Mr Harper

I would you to bring in a new law, that stinky people shouldn't be allowed out in public. Anyone whose BO can be smelled from more than 2 inches away should be sent home to shower and apply deodorant! Anyone who smells like they have been wearing the same clothes for the last 6 months, should also be sent home to shower and change. And money should be provided for public bathrooms, so that homeless people can shower and launder their clothes, and retain some human dignity and not have to walk around town smelling like they peed themselves 6 weeks ago. And as much as I admire public transport for its service, something should be done about the air quality on those buses!

What brought this one? I just had to sit next to one old guy who stank so bad I was retching, and behind a woman who hadn't washed in months. I couldn't get the window open far enough to provide enough diesel fumes to mask the smell.

In fact, now that I have your attention Mr. Harper, I would also like you to do something about the disgraceful conditions that some people have to live in because they haven't had a better opportunity. I realise that not everyone will take an opportunity presented to them, but they should at least have it presented to them. So start providing for the poor and struggling members of our society. The poeple who, through no fault of their own, have nothing, not even hope. The people need the opportunity to change their lives. Often they need start up money to help them move out of their negative environment and into a more hopeful situation. Of course, not everyone will take advantage of this, but for those that would, please provide for them.

Stop looking to see what you can do for the fat cats, the better off, and those who have the opportunities already. So that those people who smell, those people who can't wash, those people who can't even afford to eat every day, get access to what they need. Community drop in centers, and of course the security that goes with it so that these facilities aren't abused.

All these things are in your power Mr. Harper, and if you can only do one thing, do it for the disadvantaged of our society.

Regards