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The case for an abortion law

It wasn’t a coincidence that over 12 000 people, just some of the 57% of Canadians who are not satisfied with or lack of regulation of abortion in Canada, showed up on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 14, 2009. They did so because it was 40 years, to the day since Canada had an abortion law. When Pierre Trudeau took the government "out of the bedrooms of the nation,"it was anything goes.

I would like to see a law which compels anyone who is asking for an abortion to sit through an hour with a counsellor who will explain to the woman what can happen to her because of the abortion. This is not much to ask because, the government is paying over $800.00 or more for her to have this procedure for a non-medical problem, out of our stretched health budget.

With an average of 100 000 abortions per year about $80 000 000.00 disappears from the health budget to end pregnancies. These are old statistics, as governments are not too eager to have the public know what is going on, and they don’t want to open the "can of worms" which they expect will be the result of debating abortion. It may be $100 000 000.00 or more, but I think that the counselling would result in 50% of the women carrying their babies to term, and many would be put up for adoption. This would result in a saving of forty to fifty million dollars for our health budget, and many happy couples who are not able to produce their own children.

What knowledge would cause these women considering abortion to recant?

1. They would learn that women who have abortions are more likely to have breast cancer than their sisters who have not had abortions. There was little or no breast cancer 40 years ago. It is a curse which has come upon us with the destruction of children in the womb. Cf, www.AbortionBreastCancer.com
2. They would learn that women who have had abortions are prone to

Depression;
3. They would learn that women who have had abortions are three to five times as likely to abuse drugs as other women;
4. They would learn that they are likely to experience guilt, and have difficulty with relationships;
5. They would learn that they could die from the anaesthetic, or othercomplications, or have endometriosis causing them to be sterile because of their abortion.

On May 14, the Silent No More men and women confirmed all of the above. Ten women and three men poured out their grief regarding their drugs, alcohol, self loathing, and guilt, inability to hold onto a relationship, and sterility. And that they had killed their own children!

Canadian couples are going to amazing lengths to adopt children. It costs in the neighbourhood of $30 000.00 to adopt a Chinese child including the costs of two visits, accommodation etc. It’s just as difficult in Africa, ask Madonna.

The counsellors should have a portfolio with pictures of potential adoptive parents and the list of benefits which are available to the woman. She has three choices of the type of adoption she might favour: open adoption which allows personal contact at various times; semi-open adoption with exchange of letters and pictures etc. and closed adoption, safeguarding the anonymity of the mother.
www.adoptionviverecanada.com



Abortion doesn’t just harm the women, but it does most harm to them. It also harms the rest of society. Our workforce has been depleted by 3.2 million individuals over those 40 years since 1969. Schools are closing at higher rates than in the past. For example, in 1969, there were 160 000 children in school in Newfoundland, and today there are only 80 000.

Who might these children have been? There might have been a Steven Hawking, and an Einstein, an Indira Ghandi, some great athletes, some people with severe health issues, and a lot of normal Joes and Joans like us.

Young women do receive counselling today, but they are told that the fetus is just a blob of cells. It is definitely a lot of cells, some of them part of a beating heart by 21 days. By 12 weeks it sleeps and awakens, exercises vigorously, by curling its toes and moving its head, opens and closes its mouth, and in the 13th week begins to grow hair.
www.lifecyclebooks.com

The savings to the country would not be just directly to our health budget, but indirectly for what might be called "collateral damage": the hundreds of women who are psychologically affected by the termination of their pregnancies are costing untold millions in: loss of productivity, drug addiction, inability to maintain relationships. And many men are similarly affected. One "fifty minute hour" is not much to ask! Give us a law with compassion, not teeth!]]> Child Care http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090618-094427 Vicki Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:44:27 GMT http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090501-040407 Communiqué Vol 16, No 15 April 28, 2009


Canada's Senate Disciplines Canadians

Bill S-209, often called the anti-spanking law, has once again passed first reading in the Canadian Senate.

This Bill would allow state intervention in our homes should we spank our children. According to studies published in the United States, in 1993, and quoted in a Health Canada publication, "The Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male Children and Teens", 90% of adults use corporal punishment to discipline their children and correct the child's behaviour.

Discipline by loving parents has included spanking for millennia. Yet, Canadian parents now face the wrath of the government should they use this traditional form of discipline to correct their children's behaviour: this in spite of the past successes of corporal punishment in training future generations and the failure of current methods of discipline to curb errant children.

But the real questions have to be: Whose children are they? What right has the government to interfere in the discipline of loving parents? Should Canadian parents be disciplined for doing their best to ensure they raise responsible citizens using God approved methods?

Scripture describes four realms of government: self government, familial government, church government, and civil government. Each level of government is granted its own realm of authority.

We have heard often that Pierre Elliott Trudeau spoke about the state entering the bedrooms of the nation. But, this Bill grants authority for the government to enter not only our bedrooms but our family. They have usurped the order instituted by God. They have disturbed the order of our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which, in its preamble, places God as supreme over this nation.

Whose children are they? Without the parents, who created the child, the state is barren to produce children. The parents were responsible for producing the children and they stand before God to account for their raising of their children. Should a parent decide to immigrate to a different country, the children would also go along. This is a parent's prerogative to choose where their family lives. The Canadian government does not have the right to take a child from its home and remove it to another country. Parents are responsible for their children, the state is not!

This leads us to the second question. If a parent, who is with the child and able to see them dash out into the street, sees them disrespect other people, sees them steal from a store, corrects the child's behaviour then what right has the state, who was not present for the behaviour, and has no love for the child, to decide that the form of discipline was inappropriate? Absolutely none!

Is the state responsible for disciplining parents for using the parents God given authority? Certainly not! Parents have not broken a moral law by training their children to be responsible adults using time honoured methods of discipline.

The only moral law broken would be the child's refusal to submit to parental authority. "Honour your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you." It is important to remember that this is the first Commandment with a promise attached to it.

Perhaps we need to be reminded of the sphere of civil government. It is God's instrument to do us good. When government opposes God's order, it is no longer an instrument to do us good. The Christians of Biblical times were told by government to revere Caesar as a god. They were unable to obey because what was commanded contravened the authority of God. Similarly, when our government usurps the God given authority of parents, we are wise to voice our resistance prior to its becoming a law we cannot obey.

Today is a good day to lobby a Senator and your MP to remind them that their authority is not supreme.
]]> Child Care http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090501-040407 Vicki Fri, 01 May 2009 11:04:07 GMT http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090313-192527 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. ]]> Health Care http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090313-192527 Vicki Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:25:27 GMT http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090304-144513
Mar 03, 2009 16:11 ET
The 'Tug-of-War' of GLB Demands

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 3, 2009) - Jim Hnatiuk, leader of CHP Canada, points out two recent developments within the gay, lesbian or bisexual (GLB) community that demand further investigation.

The first is a recent GLB complaint against Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada, submitted to the Canadian Human Rights Commission last month.

In the complaint, the complainants say they don't receive equitable levels of programming support from Health Canada, compared with support for the general population or other minorities.

The GLB complaint reveals a significant increase in health problems within the GLB communities. To quote only a few from their submission:

- "... gay/bisexual men have a life expectancy 20 years less than the average man in Canada";

- "..lesbians have higher rates of breast cancer"; and

- "within the area of HIV/AIDS that the inequities in Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada policies and programs vis-a-vis GLB people are most clearly illustrated... If one uses Statistic Canada's figure of 1.7% for the percentage of the population that is GLB..., the infection rate is 26 times higher than the general population."

"It's important to place this within the context of a second recent development," Hnatiuk said, "a 'Social Justice Conference' staged by the BC Teacher's Federation in Feb.

Although the stated purpose of that conference was to help teachers implement the Social Justice 12 curriculum adopted under BC's Corren Settlement Agreement, a disturbing hidden purpose was revealed by a graphic, distributed in the information packages: the real goal is to move students' attitude towards LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and questioning) people beyond "tolerance" to "celebration". (graphic available at: www.chp.ca)

Hnatiuk concludes with this question, "Should Canadian students be taught to celebrate behaviour that the GLB community itself links to shorter life expectancy, higher rates of breast cancer, and an HIV/AIDS infection rate 26 times higher than the general population?"]]> Child Care http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090304-144513 Vicki Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:45:13 GMT http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090227-061422


You’re invited!

Our Leader, Jim Hnatiuk, will attend a function which York Simcoe Electoral District Association will co-host with Simcoe Gray EDA. We welcome the participation of Newmarket Aurora and Simcoe North EDAs.
All guests are welcome to meet our new leader. Jim is a resident of Halifax, Nova Scotia and has served as our deputy leader since 2005. Jim was elected at our Leadership Convention in London, Ontario, November 2008.

This will be his second tour as leader. The first tour will be through northern British Columbia in February.

This is an opportunity for us to host our leader and to show our support for him, but also to introduce ourselves to people who may not be aware of the CHP or who may have never understood the need for a political party based in the ideals on which Canada was founded.
We invite you to be our guests on April 27th. Mark it on your calendar today! We will provide more information as it becomes available. Contact: Vicki Gunn 905-895-0291

]]> Miscellaneous http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090227-061422 Vicki Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:14:22 GMT http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090227-061209 http://vickigunn.com/id10.html

Action Topics: Spanking Children? Euthanasia?

Spanking Children Bill S209 is currently before the Senate having passed the first reading.

This Bill grants government greater intrusion into our homes. Section 43 of the Criminal Code currently includes, the force used by a figure of authority must not “exceed what is reasonable under the circumstances.”

Bill S209 will amend this section of the Criminal Code to read, a figure of authority “is justified in using reasonable force other than corporal punishment toward a child.” It then provides behaviour for which ‘reasonable force’ can be used. (Underlining is included in Bill S209)

To protest this Bill, contact your Member of Parliament:

Peter VanLoan vanlop0@parl.gc.ca or

Lois Brown BrownLo@parl.gc.ca

Prime Minister Harper pm@pm.gc.ca ,

Minister of Justice Robert Nicholson mcu@justice.gc.ca ,

the Senate through Senator Ann Cools, Toronto. coolsa@sen.parl.gc.ca

Bloq Quebecois MP, Francine Lalonde, has again introduced a private members Bill to the House of Commons. Although the text of the Bill is not yet available, Notice Paper, No. 14, dated February 12 lists the Bill,

“The Bill is entitled: “An act to amend the Criminal Code (right to die with dignity)”.”

This is a Bill which we need to watch.

You may use the above Parliamentary contacts to voice your opinion on this Bill.

]]> Miscellaneous http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090227-061209 Vicki Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:12:09 GMT http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090227-061006
The CHP Ontario Provincial Council will again be participating at Missionfest at its new venue, the Toronto International Centre.

God willing, our leader, Jim Hnatiuk, will be present on Friday and Saturday to meet with voters in the GTA. Join us there to help in our booth or bring along yourself and your friends to promote the CHP.
There are amazing speakers to hear at Missionfest, such as Tony Campolo and there are many opportunities to discover the various ministries available to Christians.

What an opportunity to build public awareness of the CHP!!
But many people attend Missionfest from outside of Toronto. One of our York Simcoe executive members joined the CHP at Missionfest 2007.

There are approximately 200 Christian organisations which take part in Missionfest and approximately 20,000 people attend to hear speakers and visit the exhibits.

If you are willing to spend a few hours handing out information, talking to guests and raising the profile of the CHP call Vicki Gunn at 905-895-0291.

The Exhibit Hall, which is where our booth will be located, is open:
Thursday -  5 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Friday - 10 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Saturday - 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

There is no charge to attend Missionfest

More information is available at www.missionfest.org/


]]> Miscellaneous http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090227-061006 Vicki Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:10:06 GMT http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090227-060904
So, what did we achieve by fielding our candidates, Ray Luff and Vicki Gunn, in this past election? What did our members receive from their donations to these campaigns?

Did you know that Ray Luff, first time candidate for Newmarket Aurora, started a white ribbon campaign as a protest against the killing of unborn children? There were many white ribbons in Newmarket Aurora… did you wear one? Ray fought because everyday that this message goes unheard over 279 unborn babies die by abortion.

Did you know that Stephen Harper assured Canadians, prior to the election that the Conservative Party would not introduce or support legislation to protect the unborn?
What a difference in values!!

Too often our candidates hear that the CHP will not achieve representation so voting for them is a wasted vote. The truth is voting for a candidate because they will achieve a Parliamentary position, but will do nothing to protect the values which made this country great, is a wasted vote!

Have you told your friends and family that people in countries built on principles contrary to what the CHP stands for live under religious tyrannies, despotic and capricious rulers, subjugation and ethnic strife? We have a rich heritage in this country, one rich in freedoms, which is well worth fighting for.
Too many Canadians have forgotten the Christian worldview which achieved these freedoms.

Too many of us have forgotten Canadians didn’t always kill their children because the child was inconvenient.

Too many of us forget that, we used to be free to speak out about these issues without fearing that somebody would charge us, for our religious values, before a Human Rights Commission.

Did you know that Rev. Stephen Boissoin, of Red Deer, Alberta, was ordered by a Human Rights Tribunal to never speak of homosexuality again.

What about your pastor? Will (s)he face similar repression of teaching Biblical truths?

Let’s all stand up and make this next election the one in which we all unite to defend the freedoms which our heritage has given to us.
Don’t settle for less because less is what you’ll get!
]]> Miscellaneous http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090227-060904 Vicki Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:09:04 GMT http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090227-060802 Our members are important to us!

You could send us a dozen roses or a box of chocolates to commemorate our anniversary together. But… we’d rather you renew you membership.
Your membership fees and the funds which you donate ensure the continued functioning of this Party, both Nationally and Locally.

If you haven’t renewed in the last 3 years, then it’s time. As always, we try to contact our members by telephone, but you can renew online at www.chp.ca

Remember your gift to the CHP is an amazing tax deduction. So, don’t delay… renew today!
]]> Miscellaneous http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090227-060802 Vicki Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:08:02 GMT http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090201-052702 CHP: Conservative Budget is "Disappointing"

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 28, 2009) - Christian Heritage Party Leader, Jim Hnatiuk, describes the Conservative Budget as "disappointing".

Hnatiuk, speaking from Halifax, applauds the fact that the Conservatives have heard the message that Canadians expect them to work together with the opposition parties.

Hnatiuk also applauded the use of the 'sunset clause' on programs, "which has been a staple of our CHP policy for 20 years" and approved of Ignatieff's announcement to support the budget, providing the government be held accountable via periodic reports on its implementation.

While an economic stimulus will certainly provide some relief in this economic downturn, it is always questionable whether it will pull Canada out of this current recession.

Deficit spending-anything that increases the National Debt-is stealing from future generations; it is theft! "Our government would have solved the liquidity crisis by creating the needed money, interest free, through the Bank of Canada, instead of borrowing it from the chartered banks. We wouldn't have had to steal the "stimulus" money from our children and their children," Hnatiuk said.

Canada has faced similar challenges before and successfully overcome them without borrowing money. In 1945, with the prospect of two million soldiers returning from overseas, the Liberal government of MacKenzie King was concerned about the economic stability of our nation. Unlike yesterday's budget, King's government made a bold move. He instructed the Bank of Canada to create money to make loans that were virtually interest-free to provinces, municipalities and other local public authorities, for infrastructure projects. This bold move kicked off an unprecedented economic boom.

Hnatiuk said, "The CHP would have used this proven and successful plan... because it works! It doesn't cause a deficit and thus does not increase our national debt.

"We're disappointed but we will continue to promote successful policies in Canada."]]> Economy http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090201-052702 Vicki Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:27:02 GMT http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090106-075818 CHP Canada - Affirms Israel's Right to Defend its Civilians!

For years the Israelis have exercised restraint against Hamas terrorists who vow Israel's destruction. The Christian Heritage Party of Canada affirms the universal right of all nations, including Israel, to enjoy peace and national security within their borders.Today there is overwhelming evidence that Israel has had no choice but to restore safety for its civilians through the use of strength. When it can be verified that the Hamas missile attacks will cease and that monitoring agreements can be reached, then the CHP agrees with other nations that have called for both sides to move to a ceasefire.

As with all conflict, the CHP regrets the loss of innocent lives and would ask those opposing the Israeli invasion to focus their anger and frustration not against the Israeli army but against the illegal actions of Hamas. Hamas is in fact committing double war crimes, but no national leader will say this. The Hamas offensive has been launched against innocent Israeli civilians; Hamas then imperils their own civilian population by both launching an offensive from within a civilian enclave and seeking protection from retribution by hiding within that same civilian enclave. The CHP strongly condemns these Hamas war crimes.

The CHP agrees with the statement made by Canadian Foreign Affairs minister Mr. Cannon in that: "Israel has a clear right to defend itself against the continued rocket attacks by Palestinian militant groups which have deliberately targeted civilians. First and foremost, those rocket attacks must stop."

The CHP hopes that the military action will be short term, and suggests that Canada offer to assist in the establishment and the post diplomatic monitoring of agreements.

The CHP does not believe in dealing with organisations which engage in terrorist activities aimed deliberately against innocent civilians, therefore agreements must only be made with a legitimate government body in Gaza.]]> Miscellaneous http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry090106-075818 Vicki Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:58:18 GMT http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry081223-153907 ]]> Miscellaneous http://vickigunn.site.aplus.net/pblog/index.php?entry=entry081223-153907 Vicki Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:39:07 GMT