As a resident of Skeena-Bulkley Valley for 38 years and as national leader of the Christian Heritage Party of Canada for the past 11 years, I’m pleased to offer myself as a candidate for MP. It would be a privilege to serve the families who have such deep roots in our communities and who care so much about the land and the future for our children and grandchildren.
It’s really because of the children—both born and not-yet-born—that I have devoted the past 25 years to the protection of innocent human life, the restoration and strengthening of marriages and families and the protection of our freedoms—freedom of speech, freedom of conscience and the freedom to raise our children according to our beliefs.
Over the past 25 years, Canadians have been subjected to an abusive relationship with governments that want to control what we can do and what we can say. In many public schools, our children are being taught values and beliefs different from those of their parents. We all know—from history and tradition, from biology and science—that men are different from women and boys are different from girls. We can’t change that and we shouldn’t try. But today, many boys and girls are being taught that gender is fluid and that they can change to the opposite sex.
Many young people have been harmed by this confusing and false ideology. Some have even undergone surgery, having body parts removed . . . or destructive hormone therapy to try to become another person. This must stop. Young people are being harmed, sterilised and confused. We should let them be boys and girls again. Biological males should not be allowed to compete with women and girls in women’s sports. Nor should they have access to girls’ washrooms, change rooms and showers. Girls deserve their privacy and their dignity.
Parents are the first and most important educators of their children. The public schools can never replace the parents and they should never undermine the cultural beliefs that the children are being taught at home.
I also want to defend preborn children from premature death by abortion. Too many young women are suffering from the trauma of losing a child by the act of an abortionist. Each of us knows that a human life is sacred and not something to be destroyed or thrown away. Even the word “choice” is often misused. Many women and girls who have lost a child to abortion did not really “choose” that. Many are coerced, pressured by a boyfriend to “get rid of it” because he doesn’t want the responsibility of caring for the child he fathered. This is tragic. We need to help young women (and men) to value their future and save themselves for marriage. When there is an unplanned—even an inconvenient—pregnancy, we need to encourage respect for that special life and help the young mother carry it to birth. There are many couples looking to adopt a child. If the child is put up for adoption, he or she will be welcomed into a loving family.
In the same way, society has now become a place where many seniors and elders are persuaded to end their lives by assisted suicide (MAiD, Medical Assistance in Dying). This is another tragedy and very disrespectful of our elders who have sacrificed so much and have so much love and wisdom to share with younger generations. The medical system is pushing MAiD because it’s cheaper than providing proper palliative care. But healthcare should not be something only for the young. Every human being—especially the elderly and vulnerable—deserves to live out his or her days in dignity, enjoying the love and respect of family and society.
The Good Book—the Bible—has a lot to say about how we should treat our fellow man: “Love your neighbour as yourself.” “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” If politicians lived according to those principles, Canada would be a much better place. People can check out our policies and platform at www.chp.ca