Saturday, March 14, 2009, 01:25 AM - Health Care
When a tree falls...
Jim Hnatiuk - CHP Leader
"When a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" is a philosophical riddle.
"If pro-life lobby groups speak out and the government ignores it, have they spoken?" is a moral question faced by both Canadians and Americans.
The many years of dedication and hard work put in by our pro-life lobby groups on both sides of the Canada/US border continue to be blatantly ignored. Only last year Canadian pro-life groups received an undeserved slap in the face when the centrepiece of the Canadian system of honours was awarded to abortionist Henry Morgentaler.
Yesterday, US President Obama opened the door to direct taxpayer funding for embryonic stem-cell research reversing a decision made by his predecessor George W. Bush. CHP Canada condemns this decision but sadly admits that, under the current Canadian administration, Obama's decision could have him considered for an honorary "Order of Canada".
Obama's reversal encourages the destruction of human embryos and it puts him on equal footing with Henry Morgentaler.
Why is nothing being accomplished? Our Members of Parliament are being told to close their ears and their mouths simply because these hot issues could threaten their electability. I personally cannot understand how they can sleep at night when, while they sleep, 92 Canadian babies die.
Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth may have actually struck one nail on the head when he said, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon him not understanding it."
It's a lot of hard work to be elected as a Member of Parliament; what a tragedy to know you'll be muzzled when you get there! When MPs stand in parliament to speak their convictions on these hot issues, they need encouragement and support from their party -- not the threat of being fired.
There is only one sure way to wake up parliamentarians and that is - to REPLACE them.
CHP Canada is the only federal political party whose aim is to have our candidates elected as MPs, to replace those now sitting in the House of Commons who are muzzled by their parties; to have ardently pro-life MPs who will stand up and debate these important issues. A CHP Member of Parliament will not be disciplined for doing so, because these issues are part of our Better Solutions. CHP MPs will receive the much-needed encouragement and support of an entire team working behind the scenes for them.
These are difficult issues! Encouragement and support is what our MPs deserve and require; they don't deserve being muzzled: they don't deserve the threat of being fired. Why do Canadians send MPs to parliament under those conditions, and expect results?
CHP Canada provides Canadians with a federal political option based on the principles that founded this country and a party that won't compromise this position as we grow in power.
CHP Canada is a political voice; we remain committed and determined, and await the day that Canadians realise our potential to deliver their political voice to the House of Commons.
The lack of ANY law restricting abortion and government support for embryonic stem cell research are two sides of the same coin: moral failure on the part of government. The parties now in power have clearly told us where they stand.
The solution is not complicated; it needs only to be communicated in the right venue: Canada's Parliament.
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Saturday, September 27, 2008, 02:26 AM - Health Care
What role will the private sector play in the publicly funded health care system of your government?
The CHP would allow more private delivery systems. Restricting delivery to public facilities is only a strategy to protect the turf of public service unions. But more private initiative will increase innovation—both saving money and improving service. Even so, public funding must remain -- and be enhanced. The Liberals cut it from 50% to 14%; it has never been restored. It should be restored to 25%.
In addition, we should not allow ourselves to be terrified about so-called "two-tiered" health care: virtually every social democratic government in Europe already has two-tiered health care. It simply means letting private competition improve delivery and reduce costs, while retaining a single-payer insurance concept (the way the Canadian system was originally adopted) to ensure universal access.
Currently, many private healthcare services are already available. If your doctor orders an ultrasound for you, you may be sent to a private clinic, when you are sent for blood work, it is frequently a private clinic. The Shouldice Hernia Clinic in Toronto is a good example of a private clinic paid for by the government health plan. All you do is provide your health card.
The real issue is universal access, with a single government payer. We are not advocating an American-type insurance system—simply for the Canadian system to work as originally intended.
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Thursday, June 19, 2008, 01:28 PM - Health Care
Weekly Press, Enfield N.S June 2008
Behind Politics
By Jim Hnatiuk
Is the human embryo a person? I believe it is. If the embryo is ruled to be a person then all other abortion arguments become groundless because a person is protected under the law.
Let me give you a hypothetical case: A husband and wife are planning to have a baby. Shortly after they make this decision tragically the woman is raped. A month later it is discovered that she is pregnant but they cannot be certain as to who the father is. They decide to have the baby. Eight months later a wonderful healthy baby boy is born. They are saddened by the news that the baby is the result of the rape. So I ask: “Would it make sense now to kill the baby?” Of course not, the baby is a ‘person’ and protected under the law.
In Canada alone, there are over 105,000 innocent "unborn persons" being put to death each year. Canadians are outraged that this non-person status of the unborn baby allows mothers the "choice" to destroy a little person, right up until full term. In Canada the doctor is allowed to kill the baby in the womb, right up to the moment of his or her birth. The doctor must insure the baby is dead before delivery otherwise they would be charged with manslaughter or worse should the baby survive even for a few seconds after being born.
Why is this horrible procedure allowed? Answer: At each federal election most people unknowingly vote in favor of this practice because they are unaware of their candidate’s position on the issue. For politicians the issue is too politically threatening to want to debate it or even mention it. How tragic.
Prior to the early 1900's in Canada women did not have the right to vote. Under the law a woman was not legally a "person". Today we know this was ridiculous. Today the “non-person” status of the unborn child is equally ridiculous. Only you can change that.
Jim Hnatiuk is the NS President and Deputy Leader of the Christian Heritage Party of Canada (CHP)
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Monday, May 21, 2007, 03:26 PM - Health Care
Please post your opinion in the 'add comment'. Simply press the link at the bottom of this post. You may answer with just yes, no or no opinion. Or you may post a comment.
As a protection, I would suggest you not include your email address.
Thank you
Vicki
1. The number of abortions is Canada is rising and now exceeds 110,000 a year. Each abortion is paid for by you and I as taxpayers. Presently a woman can be nine months pregnant and have an abortion legally the day before the baby would be born. Are you in favour of having some restrictions on abortion?
a) Yes _____ b) No ____ c) No opinion _______
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Saturday, March 31, 2007, 01:23 PM - Health Care
I was pained to read that Joe Comartin (NDP MP Windsor-Tecumseh) has proposed an amendment to Bill C-22, (seeking to raise the age of consent for sex to 16 for girls). Mr Comartin seeks to have the age of consent for anal sex lowered to 16.
He has been advised that this amendment is outside the scope of the Bill, but he is appealing the decision.
I have contacted Mr. Comartin to ask him to withdraw his amendment.
The role of government is to protect the country’s citizens. Children are also citizens of this country. Your citizenship does not start on your 18th birthday.
Surely, we have seen enough exploitation of our children in the interests of adult sexual pleasure.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases are already very high in our teenaged community and yet this MP would increase the risk.
It is a medical fact that anal sex produces greater risk of disease. I have attached a graph confirming this from the U.S. Centre for Disease Control at the end of this post.
Please, respectfully, contact Mr Comartin and ask him to withdraw his amendment to Bill C-22.
To respectfully contact Joe Comartin
Parliament Hill:
713 Justice Building, House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A OA6
Fax: (613) 947-3448
Tel: (613) 947-3445
Email: comarj@parl.gc.ca
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Wednesday, February 22, 2006, 09:50 PM - Health Care
We saw the issue of euthanasia before Parliament last October. It passed the first reading but died with the 39th Federal Election.
Canadians need to take the example of what's happened in other countries and ensure that our government does not entertain such notions.
"A health official in the Netherlands [Marianne van den Anker] has called for a debate on the idea of forced abortion and contraception to deal with what she sees as a crisis of unwanted children.
The target groups for her program are Antillean teenage mothers; drug addicts and people with mental handicaps, she said, according to a report in Expatica."
source
Euthanasia is wrong! Abortion is wrong! Forced abortion and forced contraception are wrong! We can learn from the mistakes of other countries and avoid going down the same path.
We all need to be involved.
We need to return to immovable standards of right and wrong.
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