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No love for Harper this Valentine's Day

She’s at it again, and this time she wants Harper to know what a heartbreaker he is.
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Heartbreaker: Andrea Mears erected a large sign that reads #HeartbreakHarper and posted it to her fence at Cariboo Road and 10th Avenue. Following on the heels of her “Stop Harper” Christmas light display, Mears hopes this Valentine’s Day message will inspire others to share their own messages with the prime minister.

She’s at it again, and this time she wants Harper to know what a heartbreaker he is.

New Westminster resident Andrea Mears, who was featured in the Record last month when someone cut down her “Stop Harper” Christmas lights display, has found another festive way to show how Prime Minister Stephen Harper continues to disappoint her.

Earlier this week, Mears wrote “#Heartbreak Harper” on a poster board and nailed it to her fence at the top of Cariboo Road and 10th Avenue for all to see.

“The idea was that people could tweet a Valentine’s Day message to Harper to let him know how he’s broken their hearts this Valentine’s Day,” she said.

The idea was born one night when Mears was having dinner with her friends. They suggested she do something more interactive this time around, hence the hashtag, which people can use to tweet messages to Harper. For those without Twitter (or those too shy to send their own messages), Mears also put a small mailbox on the poster board where people can drop off Valentines to Harper and she will tweet them on their behalf.

“And then I’ll mail them all, right after Valentine’s Day,” she said.

The motivation behind the new festive sign echoes feelings Mears expressed when she put up her “Stop Harper” display in December – Harper is breaking her heart and he needs to know it.

Deforestation, tar sands, job loss, postponing the federal budget and changes to Canada’s anti-terrorism legislation are among a number of things people might be upset about, and they shouldn’t be afraid to voice those concerns, Mears said.

“With this new (anti-terrorism) legislation that just passed, they’re even more worried about people voicing their displeasure with the government, so we want to make sure that people don’t become afraid to speak up,” she added.

Mears is encouraging people to drop a Valentine’s Day message into the mailbox attached to the poster board on her fence, or tweet a message to Harper using #heartbreakharper.

If you have a positive message for Harper, drop those off too, Mears said.

“If people have something to say, it’s OK,” she said.

The sign will be up until Valentine’s Day next weekend, and then Mears will take it down and mail out any messages left in the mailbox.

“If you have a message, we encourage people to send (Harper) a Valentine,” Mears said.