There is no greater childcare than that provided by a child’s natural parents. While there is a significant need for childcare spaces when both parents are working, it is better for the children and better for society if one parent can remain in the home with young children. Socialist politicians promote state-funded institutional childcare followed by state-funded institutional education but the CHP promotes policies that allow families to prioritize at least one stay-at-home parent during the formative years. Part of the solution is reducing the tax burden on families and the cost of living, including the cost of owning or renting a home. The other part would be a monthly financial allowance to families where one parent remains at home instead of working outside the home. The current lavish and unaffordable child benefits paid out by government should be adjusted to reward families where one parent is at home caring for the children. A parent at home could still operate a home-based business. This would also apply to families where one adult remains at home providing home care for an elderly or disabled family member. In this way, childcare and homecare costs could be reduced, children and other family members would benefit from loving relational care, many social problems and hidden costs could be reduced.

Canada’s current system of Income Tax is wrong. Under today’s system, the harder you work, the harder they hit you. This is a disincentive to work hard and to invest in business. We believe it’s wrong to take money away from those who have earned it. The CHP would replace the income tax system with a Fair Tax—a national sales tax based not on what you earn but on what you spend. This gives you the power to decide how much tax you want to pay. If you buy lots of luxury items you will pay more tax; if you control your spending and keep your expenses low, you will benefit greatly from the Fair Tax and will be able to keep much more of your paycheque to save, invest or spend on the things you need. Have a look at your paycheque and think of what you could do with the money now being skimmed by Revenue Canada. The Fair Tax would apply at a flat rate for all purchases. With the money saved on income tax, many more Canadians will be able to purchase their own homes, start their own businesses and create jobs in a growth economy.

We object to the carbon tax on several grounds.

CO2 is not pollution! Canadians need to recognize that Carbon Dioxide is beneficial to crops and forestry. CO2 enhances photosynthesis, increases leaf area, plant branch, and fruit numbers, water use efficiency, biological nitrogen fixation, and ability to adapt to environmental stresses, such as poor soil, weeds, insects, disease and drought.

The financial benefit of increased CO2 is enormous. Of 45 crops examined, every crop had an increase of more than $1 billion dollars. Wheat was the crop with the 2nd greatest financial increase at 274 billion dollars. Vineyards was third at 270 billion dollars increase.

Explain to me why the government is trying to reduce Carbon Dioxide. Reduction in Carbon Dioxide is reduction in food production.

This tax will NOT reduce climate change. It will INCREASE the cost of goods and services, penalizing Canadians for heat, light, food, and clothing.

The conclusion that CO2 causes climate change is an UNPROVEN theory. Extreme weather events have been happening for thousands of years.There are MANY scientists that do not accept that climate change is caused by humans.

CHP would axe the Carbon Tax.

Canada’s current system of Income Tax is wrong. Under today’s system, the harder you work, the harder they hit you. This is a disincentive to work hard and to invest in business. We believe it’s wrong to take money away from those who have earned it. The CHP would replace the income tax system with a Fair Tax—a national sales tax based not on what you earn but on what you spend. This gives you the power to decide how much tax you want to pay. If you buy lots of luxury items you will pay more tax; if you control your spending and keep your expenses low, you will benefit greatly from the Fair Tax and will be able to keep much more of your paycheque to save, invest or spend on the things you need. Have a look at your paycheque and think of what you could do with the money now being skimmed by Revenue Canada. The Fair Tax would apply at a flat rate for all purchases. With the money saved on income tax, many more Canadians will be able to purchase their own homes, start their own businesses and create jobs in a growth economy.

Canada’s current system of Income Tax is wrong. Under today’s system, the harder you work, the harder they hit you. This is a disincentive to work hard and to invest in business. We believe it’s wrong to take money away from those who have earned it. The CHP would replace the income tax system with a Fair Tax—a national sales tax based not on what you earn but on what you spend. This gives you the power to decide how much tax you want to pay. If you buy lots of luxury items you will pay more tax; if you control your spending and keep your expenses low, you will benefit greatly from the Fair Tax and will be able to keep much more of your paycheque to save, invest or spend on the things you need. Have a look at your paycheque and think of what you could do with the money now being skimmed by Revenue Canada. The Fair Tax would apply at a flat rate for all purchases. With the money saved on income tax, many more Canadians will be able to purchase their own homes, start their own businesses and create jobs in a growth economy.

We object to the carbon tax on several grounds.

CO2 is not pollution! Canadians need to recognize that Carbon Dioxide is beneficial to crops and forestry. CO2 enhances photosynthesis, increases leaf area, plant branch, and fruit numbers, water use efficiency, biological nitrogen fixation, and ability to adapt to environmental stresses, such as poor soil, weeds, insects, disease and drought.

The financial benefit of increased CO2 is enormous. Of 45 crops examined, every crop had an increase of more than $1 billion dollars. Wheat was the crop with the 2nd greatest financial increase at 274 billion dollars. Vineyards was third at 270 billion dollars increase.

Explain to me why the government is trying to reduce Carbon Dioxide. Reduction in Carbon Dioxide is reduction in food production.

This tax will NOT reduce climate change. It will INCREASE the cost of goods and services, penalizing Canadians for heat, light, food, and clothing.

The conclusion that CO2 causes climate change is an UNPROVEN theory. Extreme weather events have been happening for thousands of years.There are MANY scientists that do not accept that climate change is caused by humans.

CHP would axe the Carbon Tax.

Owning one’s own home is perhaps one of the highest priority goals of most Canadians.

In some of Canada’s largest cities, this goal has become almost impossible due to soaring prices and the other costs of living. Even renting or leasing a home within cities like Vancouver and Toronto has become so expensive that many young couples starting out feel they have no choice regarding childcare but feel compelled to use childcare services to allow both parents to work outside the home.

Aside from the stresses created by having to manage two work schedules, there are additional transportation costs and most importantly a reduction in the amount of quality family time and increased influence of other, non-family members on child development.

The high cost of housing has also discouraged many low-income citizens from even the dream of home ownership. In combination with unemployment or under-employment, drug use, mental illness and broken, dysfunctional families, high housing costs have contributed to the number of people choosing to live on the streets rather than face 32 the challenges of finding a safe, secure place to live.

Many times, it can be said that “homelessness” is not the same as “houselessness”. Some of the people now living on the street could be living under an existing roof if their families had managed to stay together. There are also many empty houses on rural farmland and in urban towns and cities.

Real estate speculation and often foreign investment in Canadian properties have had a significant role in the surge in housing prices. Red tape, bureaucratic delays and short-sighted zoning restrictions have also made construction of new housing more expensive.

A CHP government would take steps to reduce foreign ownership of Canadian homes, businesses and farms. This would help to lower housing costs. We would also take steps to strengthen the family unit, reduce divorce and broken homes, restore a sense of hope and purpose to young people and make stay-at-home parenting more affordable.

This is the Sleeper Issue. Finance Committee Report #21 was presented in December. All 4 parties were represented. Over half were Conservatives. Recommendation #430 will strip ALL religions of their Charitable Status by removing the qualification “Advancement of Religion”. This Revocation of Status comes with a tax of 100% of total assets and property. This includes buildings, equipment, furniture, everything is taken by the government.

This Recommendation, that promises to financially ruin ALL religions in Canada WITHIN ONE YEAR, passed through the committee WITHOUT OBJECTIONS.

Conservatives had concerns with other recommendations, but said nothing about financially ruining EVERY religion in Canada. If an election had not been called, this could have been passed into the budget already. The Conservative Party chose not to warn ANYONE. No press release, nothing. If they cared, why did they not sound the alarm?

What does this have to do with the marginalized and homeless? Religious organizations provide pregnancy centers, treatment centers, counseling, mental-health services, childcare, refugee sponsorship, food banks, soup kitchens, warming centers, shelters, visits, community events. Do I need to continue?

What are the marginalized to do without these supports? I can tell you what, because it’s already happening. The government is promoting MAID to them as if DEATH is the best option for them. If the government takes away all their support, it leaves them with no choice but to comply with the death agenda.

But hey, the government knows IT WILL SAVE ON HEALTHCARE...

People are happiest when they are able to care for their families and contribute to their communities through safe, productive and meaningful work. Welfare systems are intended to help those who cannot help themselves and should be extended with compassion to help recipients rise to their highest possible level of self-help in meaningful remunerative service. Those capable of work and who choose not to—when work is available —should not receive state funding for their choices. Taxpayers should not be asked to carry the burdens and responsibilities of those who are capable of work and refuse to do so. The Bible says, “Those who do not work should not eat”. Compassionate help from the state should be reserved for those who are truly needy

Owning one’s own home is perhaps one of the highest priority goals of most Canadians.

In some of Canada’s largest cities, this goal has become almost impossible due to soaring prices and the other costs of living. Even renting or leasing a home within cities like Vancouver and Toronto has become so expensive that many young couples starting out feel they have no choice regarding childcare but feel compelled to use childcare services to allow both parents to work outside the home.

Aside from the stresses created by having to manage two work schedules, there are additional transportation costs and most importantly a reduction in the amount of quality family time and increased influence of other, non-family members on child development.

The high cost of housing has also discouraged many low-income citizens from even the dream of home ownership. In combination with unemployment or under-employment, drug use, mental illness and broken, dysfunctional families, high housing costs have contributed to the number of people choosing to live on the streets rather than face 32 the challenges of finding a safe, secure place to live.

Many times, it can be said that “homelessness” is not the same as “houselessness”. Some of the people now living on the street could be living under an existing roof if their families had managed to stay together. There are also many empty houses on rural farmland and in urban towns and cities.

Real estate speculation and often foreign investment in Canadian properties have had a significant role in the surge in housing prices. Red tape, bureaucratic delays and short-sighted zoning restrictions have also made construction of new housing more expensive.

A CHP government would take steps to reduce foreign ownership of Canadian homes, businesses and farms. This would help to lower housing costs. We would also take steps to strengthen the family unit, reduce divorce and broken homes, restore a sense of hope and purpose to young people and make stay-at-home parenting more affordable.

Canada’s current system of Income Tax is wrong. Under today’s system, the harder you work, the harder they hit you. This is a disincentive to work hard and to invest in business. We believe it’s wrong to take money away from those who have earned it. The CHP would replace the income tax system with a Fair Tax—a national sales tax based not on what you earn but on what you spend. This gives you the power to decide how much tax you want to pay. If you buy lots of luxury items you will pay more tax; if you control your spending and keep your expenses low, you will benefit greatly from the Fair Tax and will be able to keep much more of your paycheque to save, invest or spend on the things you need. Have a look at your paycheque and think of what you could do with the money now being skimmed by Revenue Canada. The Fair Tax would apply at a flat rate for all purchases. With the money saved on income tax, many more Canadians will be able to purchase their own homes, start their own businesses and create jobs in a growth economy.

CHP recognizes our God-given responsibility to steward and care for natural resources and our environment. We must take care not to put undue strain on our environment and we must demonstrate care for other species as well.

Life is only possible on this planet because of God’s provision of sun, soil, seed and water and all the conditions of light and temperature, gravity and the laws of physics which He designed. We are the stewards of our environment and have a responsibility to maintain that which has been entrusted to us. CHP is committed to sound environmental policies and regulation to protect our planet from man-made pollutants and degradation.

CO2 is a natural beneficial gas, not a pollutant. We recognize that the climate is changing, however, the narrative of CO2 as the cause of climate change is an unproven theory. As Carl Wieland says, “Just because everyone is suddenly talking about an issue as if it is fact, does not necessarily make it so. That has to be established by other criteria.” End quote.

Extreme media bias, failed predictions, underlying assumptions, and reliance on dis-proven, unreliable, “science” needs to be taken into consideration.

Claims of the hottest year on record were aired for a one HUNDREDTH of a degree increase, yet temperature is deemed inaccurate at a TENTH of a degree. These claims are a “political statement not based on temperature facts.” In the last 2000 years, we’ve had the Roman and the Medieval Warm Periods, both were hotter than the current warm cycle, and occurred long before Population Growth and the Industrial Revolution.

Climate Temperature Models and Sea Level Rise calculations have been proven INACCURATE. 1979-2012 showed a 50% inaccuracy, and in the last 15 years the yearly averages of warming haven’t been much more than zero.

The green party has said that “97% of all scientists believe in climate change”. Research that paper, and you’ll find it was actually ONE-THIRD of 97.1%. Many of the 32.7% state that only 1% of Climate change MAY be caused by humans and many articles were left out. The assumption that 97% of all climate scientists agree that humans are the cause is untrue and has been invalidated, yet this propaganda is still taught.

Hurricanes and tropical storms in the last 600 years have decreased in severity. Damage has increased, but only because we are building more structures in storm paths.

We are the stewards of our environment and have a responsibility to maintain that which has been entrusted to us. CHP also cares about the MORAL environment.

There are 4 elements that we all rely on God to provide for our farmers. Sun, Rain, Soil, and Seed. Soil Stewardship is of high importance in this riding. The majority of Ontario’s growers are found right here, in Haldimand-Norfolk. According to the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario, Ontario has the best quality farmland in Canada. But arable land is limited here, and around the world. We need to protect and improve our soil to safeguard our food production. Good soil stewardship improves yields, prevents erosion and loss of nutrients, and improves drainage and water holding capacity.

Biodiversity on farms improves soil, economic resilience, and benefits wildlife as well.

Phosphorous loading into Lake Erie is mostly from erosion. Preventing erosion keeps the nutrients and soil on the farm and not in our water.

CHP supports producer organizations that create conducive growth and management. Management like crop rotation, cover crops, distribution and diversity of livestock production which increase soil stewardship. Growth like wetlands, meadow-lands, and wildlife corridors which benefit migrating and endangered species and pollinators, and store excess rain, preventing an extra 18 inches of rain water from accumulating in Lake Erie.

CHP supports policies that help ensure biologically-sourced fertilizers such as manure and compost are available to farms across the country and not concentrated in certain areas.

We object to the carbon tax on several grounds.

CO2 is not pollution! Canadians need to recognize that Carbon Dioxide is beneficial to crops and forestry. CO2 enhances photosynthesis, increases leaf area, plant branch, and fruit numbers, water use efficiency, biological nitrogen fixation, and ability to adapt to environmental stresses, such as poor soil, weeds, insects, disease and drought.

The financial benefit of increased CO2 is enormous. Of 45 crops examined, every crop had an increase of more than $1 billion dollars. Wheat was the crop with the 2nd greatest financial increase at 274 billion dollars. Vineyards was third at 270 billion dollars increase.

Explain to me why the government is trying to reduce Carbon Dioxide. Reduction in Carbon Dioxide is reduction in food production.

This tax will NOT reduce climate change. It will INCREASE the cost of goods and services, penalizing Canadians for heat, light, food, and clothing.

The conclusion that CO2 causes climate change is an UNPROVEN theory. Extreme weather events have been happening for thousands of years.There are MANY scientists that do not accept that climate change is caused by humans.

CHP would axe the Carbon Tax.

We need adequate preservation and enhancement of fish stocks. Resource management with other industries, such as forestry, mines, and hydro, would ensure that natural spawning grounds and channels remain viable. Adequate protection of the habitat (controls on forest pesticide applications, thermal and chemical pollution, municipal waste and sewage disposal, reforestation) must be maintained to sustain natural fish stocks. We will enforce strict penalties for impairment of habitat. Adequate legislation is needed for federal authorities to enforce catch limits and foreign fishing restrictions within territorial waters.

Resources—especially non-renewable resources—must be harvested or extracted in a responsible manner, with a view to future generations.

Raw resources (timber, oil, minerals, etc.) should be processed in Canada in order to maximize their value to Canadians.

Natural resources are given by God for our benefit and should be harvested or extracted to benefit Canada’s people and economy.

They must be used carefully with minimal damage to the environment and maximum recovery of latent values for the Canadian people.

Non-renewable resources—such as oil and gas, coal, metal ores, potash, etc.—must be harvested and processed in a responsible manner, minimizing waste and reclaiming surface values for agriculture, timber or wilderness values.

In all cases, water—both above ground and below ground must be kept free of toxins and contaminants. Metals that can be recycled—steel, copper, aluminum, etc.—should be carefully recovered wherever possible to reduce the amount of new ore extraction necessary to maintain our infrastructures.

Canada has about 840,000 km of pipelines for the distribution of oil and gas. There are currently some inter-provincial trade barriers that limit or restrict the passage or sale of certain goods between provinces. There is not a major East-West pipeline or energy corridor to allow Western oil and gas to flow to Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.

We object to the carbon tax on several grounds.

CO2 is not pollution! Canadians need to recognize that Carbon Dioxide is beneficial to crops and forestry. CO2 enhances photosynthesis, increases leaf area, plant branch, and fruit numbers, water use efficiency, biological nitrogen fixation, and ability to adapt to environmental stresses, such as poor soil, weeds, insects, disease and drought.

The financial benefit of increased CO2 is enormous. Of 45 crops examined, every crop had an increase of more than $1 billion dollars. Wheat was the crop with the 2nd greatest financial increase at 274 billion dollars. Vineyards was third at 270 billion dollars increase.

Explain to me why the government is trying to reduce Carbon Dioxide. Reduction in Carbon Dioxide is reduction in food production.

This tax will NOT reduce climate change. It will INCREASE the cost of goods and services, penalizing Canadians for heat, light, food, and clothing.

The conclusion that CO2 causes climate change is an UNPROVEN theory. Extreme weather events have been happening for thousands of years.There are MANY scientists that do not accept that climate change is caused by humans.

CHP would axe the Carbon Tax.

Canada’s 10 provinces and 3 territories share a network of roads, railways, ports and airports that allow for the movement of citizens and the transport of goods and services. Canada has over 1 million miles of public roads, 53,321 public bridges and 475 tunnels. Canadians rely on these roadways, railways, ports and 62 airports for public travel and for the transportation of goods and services.

Passenger service on Canada’s two major East-West railways (CN and CP) has not been properly maintained and priority is often given to freight trains carrying containers of consumer products made in China (tvs, computers, cars, etc.) over passenger service. Because of the unreliability, unavailability and cost, many Canadians have given up on rail travel. Canada should once again act to establish a viable rail service from coast to coast. If reliable and affordable passenger service were available, it would reduce the number of cars on the road.

CHP would work hard with the airline, railroad and trucking industries to improve and maintain our essential infrastructure and would work with the provinces to reduce or eliminate inter-provincial trade barriers.

CBC costs taxpayers $1.4 billion every year!

CBC executives receive millions in salaries and bonuses while losing viewership.

The CBC gets $1.4 billion taxpayer each year and promotes policies with which many Canadians disagree. CBC has used its taxpayer-funded megaphone to push abortion, gender confusion and assisted suicide. It misinforms voters about their political choices at election time and appears to be accountable to nobody. It gives limited information on the parties it favours and fails to report on candidates from smaller parties. In this way, it definitely affects election outcomes.

Public opinion about abortion, gender issues, education, religion, socialism, pharmaceuticals, foreign affairs and many other government policies have been and are being shaped by the left-leaning editorial board of the CBC. While pretending to produce neutral unbiased reports, much of its high-priced content is strongly opinionated.

The CBC should be defunded and should compete like other news and entertainment channels for advertising revenues or viewer contributions. CHP Canada also calls for an end to all government subsidies for media. They can only result in biased reporting.

Hi. My name is Lily, and I am a sober alcoholic. I am sober 18 years.

I personally have experienced the lack of in-patient treatment programs in this riding. All we have i Holmes house and the waitlists are long, This causes addictions to continue or for addicts to be sent to other communities. This takes them far away from their families, preventing support and family counselling from occurring. Addiction needs to be treated concurrently with trauma, mental health and any physical ailments,

CHP would eliminate “drug injection sites” and re-criminalize the possession and sale of recreational marijuana and other harmful and addictive “street drugs”: opioids, fentanyl, cocaine, etc.

Marijuana is a gateway drug, impairs judgment, may become addictive, heightens sensory stimulus, increases physical appetite, reduces ability to concentrate, increases traffic accidents and fatalities and leads to miscommunication and sometimes mental illness. Some will say that Marijuana hasn't led to harder drugs for them, may I tell you a saying we have in the program when addicts have a hard time seeing where their addictions are leading? "It hasn't happened... yet."

Marijuana should be returned to the category of an illegal drug. Laws must be enforced or they become irrelevant. The increased use of marijuana prior to its legalization was partly a result of poor law enforcement and a revolving door justice policy.

So-called “safe-injection sites” for hardcore street drugs have increased usage and reduced respect for the law. Opioid abuse and the deaths of many from fentanyl and other street drugs demonstrate a failure of our society to inspire young people with a sense of purpose. Government funds would be better used in preventing addiction and enforcing the law. Governments should not participate in enabling self-destructive behaviours.

Canada’s Healthcare system has deteriorated significantly during

the trying years of Covid mismanagement and unscientific

mandates. Many Canadians do not even have a family doctor and

waiting lists for surgeries etc. are too long.

• Canada needs to rehire and compensate doctors and nurses fired

for refusing the experimental vaccines.

• Canada needs to speed up the process of certifying foreign-born

doctors, while maintaining high quality standards.

• More emphasis should be placed on preventive care and

alternative medicine.

• The CHP would shorten waiting lists by defunding abortion,

assisted suicide (MAiD) and “gender re-assignment” surgeries.

Those dollars would be directed to real health care (hips and

hearts).

• The CHP would improve delivery of services by allowing more

private delivery options.

• The CHP would insist that new hospitals incorporate features to

limit the spread of hospital-borne infections.

For years Canada’s socialized healthcare has been the envy of many

countries because it has been affordable for the average family. But

that level of satisfaction has dwindled with the growing inability of

many to find a family doctor.

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Canadians find themselves waiting in line—sometimes for long periods

—often for urgently required procedures. Meanwhile, precious

healthcare dollars are being squandered on elective abortion, which is

not healthcare and kills at least one person every time and on elective

gender re-assignment surgery, which permanently sterilizes the

individual and calls for a lifetime of expensive and damaging hormone

treatments. These procedures often lead to regret, depression and

suicide, putting further pressure on healthcare dollars. And, of course,

they do not actually alter a person’s gender; they only impair natural

function.

Canadians should not be forced to subsidize elective procedures

chosen by others, especially those with which they have deep moral

concerns.

When new hospitals are built, they should be constructed with a greater

emphasis on private rooms and other features designed to prevent the

unnecessary spread of disease.

Mental illness is an increasing problem and needs appropriate

treatment. The unleashing of legally-available marijuana and other

harmful drugs and the failed policies of government-supervised

injection sites have undoubtedly increased the incidence of mental

illness, drug addiction and suicide. We need to provide proper care for

the mentally ill and stop relying on harmful drugs as a solution.

The CHP would improve delivery of services by allowing more

private delivery options.

The CHP would insist that new hospitals incorporate features to

limit the spread of hospital-borne infections.

For years Canada’s socialized healthcare has been the envy of many

countries because it has been affordable for the average family. But

that level of satisfaction has dwindled with the growing inability of

many to find a family doctor.

Mental illness is an increasing problem and needs appropriate treatment. I have had a family member suffer with mental illness. He was shipped off to Hamilton, London, and Brantford, This worsened his symptoms as his friends and most of his family were unable to go to visit him. Those with mental health need to support of family and friends. They need access to local treatment and follow through counselling. Waitlists for out-patient counselling are very long in this riding as well.

Education: Today, native and non-native children alike are still having their cultures undermined in public schools (NonResidential Schools) by the imposition of cultural norms and values contrary to those of their parents. Governments must stop imposing upon children the cultural values of the state.

Foster Care: Social workers have often been too quick to remove children from their homes and aboriginal children have been especially affected. When such drastic action is justified, efforts should be made— where practical and safe—to place children with relatives. Foster care placements for all children should be made with respect to cultural sensitivity, with a minimal likelihood of displacement and the best hope of eventual reunion with birth parents. Once placed, children should not have their lives disrupted again and again with multiple reassignments unless their safety and well-being is at stake.

Canada’s Healthcare system has deteriorated significantly during

the trying years of Covid mismanagement and unscientific

mandates. Many Canadians do not even have a family doctor and

waiting lists for surgeries etc. are too long.

• Canada needs to rehire and compensate doctors and nurses fired

for refusing the experimental vaccines.

• Canada needs to speed up the process of certifying foreign-born

doctors, while maintaining high quality standards.

• More emphasis should be placed on preventive care and

alternative medicine.

• The CHP would shorten waiting lists by defunding abortion,

assisted suicide (MAiD) and “gender re-assignment” surgeries.

Those dollars would be directed to real health care (hips and

hearts).

• The CHP would improve delivery of services by allowing more

private delivery options.

• The CHP would insist that new hospitals incorporate features to

limit the spread of hospital-borne infections.

For years Canada’s socialized healthcare has been the envy of many

countries because it has been affordable for the average family. But

that level of satisfaction has dwindled with the growing inability of

many to find a family doctor.

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Canadians find themselves waiting in line—sometimes for long periods

—often for urgently required procedures. Meanwhile, precious

healthcare dollars are being squandered on elective abortion, which is

not healthcare and kills at least one person every time and on elective

gender re-assignment surgery, which permanently sterilizes the

individual and calls for a lifetime of expensive and damaging hormone

treatments. These procedures often lead to regret, depression and

suicide, putting further pressure on healthcare dollars. And, of course,

they do not actually alter a person’s gender; they only impair natural

function.

Canadians should not be forced to subsidize elective procedures

chosen by others, especially those with which they have deep moral

concerns.

When new hospitals are built, they should be constructed with a greater

emphasis on private rooms and other features designed to prevent the

unnecessary spread of disease.

Mental illness is an increasing problem and needs appropriate

treatment. The unleashing of legally-available marijuana and other

harmful drugs and the failed policies of government-supervised

injection sites have undoubtedly increased the incidence of mental

illness, drug addiction and suicide. We need to provide proper care for

the mentally ill and stop relying on harmful drugs as a solution.

Suicide and Drugs: For a variety of reasons, all Canadian communities have experienced a devastating surge in alcoholism and drug addiction and a corresponding increase in violent crime, domestic abuse, property crime and self-destructive behaviours often resulting in poverty, incarceration, homelessness, depression and suicides. Aboriginal communities are among the hardest hit and are overrepresented in the tragic statistics. We believe there must be a restoration of a biblical worldview in our schools and social structures, that children must be given hope and purpose as divine beings created in the image of God. In the meantime, resources must be dedicated to counter the mind-numbing drug culture and to establish meaningful and accessible employment opportunities through training, mentoring and investment.

Mental illness is an increasing problem and needs appropriate treatment. I have had a family member suffer with mental illness. He was shipped off to Hamilton, London, and Brantford, This worsened his symptoms as his friends and most of his family were unable to go to visit him. Those with mental health need to support of family and friends. They need access to local treatment and follow through counselling. Waitlists for out-patient counselling are very long in this riding as well.

CHP Policy calls for: • Recognition of prior occupancy by first peoples • Restitution, where and as appropriate • Reconciliation leading to full participation in Canadian society for all Canadians

Land Ownership / Treaty Claims: Where land has been set aside or treaties established, they must be honoured by all signatory levels of government unless revised or replaced with new mutual agreements.

Residential and Non-Residential Schools: Some First Nations people living today have been negatively impacted by the Residential Schools program. Attempts have been made to compensate for and mitigate the damage caused by the forced removal of children from their parents’ homes and care. Today, native and non-native children alike are still having their cultures undermined in public schools (NonResidential Schools) by the imposition of cultural norms and values contrary to those of their parents. Governments must stop imposing upon children the cultural values of the state.

Sovereignty and Self-Government: Canada is a nation composed of many sub-groups and territorial districts, including provinces, territories, municipalities, regional districts and traditional territories occupied by First Nations. Canadian law must apply nationwide. Provincial and territorial law must apply province-wide. Other jurisdictions, as established by agreement must function within parameters consistent with those nationwide legal frameworks.

Stewardship: Each of us has been given personal stewardship of our own health and activities. Ethnic groups, including indigenous peoples have been given stewardship of their culture, family values and language. Each of us as individuals and all of us as communities share the responsibility of stewarding our land, water and natural resources. The government of Canada has acknowledged a special responsibility to involve indigenous peoples in decisions directly affecting them within recognized territorial boundaries. As Canadian citizens, we must work towards decision-making processes that give equality of voice to all peoples in the provinces and territories in which they reside.

Taxation: As all Canadians benefit from the expenditure of tax funds through our highway system, hospitals, schools and other shared infrastructure, it seems only just and fair that all Canadians share in the cost of maintaining these things through just taxation. CHP’s tax policy (see Fair Tax) would shift the burden from income to purchases and would allow all Canadians to help carry the responsibility of government expenses.

Accountability and Transparency: The two-tiered system of governance, which has become the status quo for First Nations bands, has created mistrust between various people groups and especially between some 39 band members and those chosen to represent them (as can sometimes be said of other levels of government). In recent years, there has been a call for total transparency regarding income and expenditures of band councils. We believe this is only proper for all Canadians and only fair for band members who may question the actions, the expenses and the pay scales of their councils.

• A nation that cannot feed itself cannot survive; there is no more

important task than raising food.

• The CHP supports the institution of the family farm.

• The CHP would protect access to locally-grown food.

• The CHP encourages research into regenerative farming.

A nation that cannot feed itself cannot survive. There is no more

important task than raising food.

Every Canadian depends on the bounty of the earth and the hard work

of Canada’s farmers as well as on the sovereign and providential hand

of God who provides Sun, Soil, Seed and Water, all essential elements

for the production of food.

Historically, the majority of Canada’s farms have been family-operated

businesses, some of them very small and some of them very large. The

CHP supports the institution of the Family Farm, both as the source of

much-needed food, a source of income for many Canadians, and an

incredible training ground for young Canadians to learn work ethics and

to develop an understanding of God’s miraculous design for growth,

seasonal cycles and the rewards of hard work.

Agriculture must be protected and encouraged if we are to survive.

SOIL STEWARDSHIP

There are 4 elements that we all rely on God to provide for our farmers. Sun, Rain, Soil, and Seed. Soil Stewardship is of high importance in this riding. The majority of Ontario’s growers are found right here, in Haldimand-Norfolk. According to the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario, Ontario has the best quality farmland in Canada. But arable land is limited here, and around the world. We need to protect and improve our soil to safeguard our food production. Good soil stewardship improves yields, prevents erosion and loss of nutrients, and improves drainage and water holding capacity.

Biodiversity on farms improves soil, economic resilience, and benefits wildlife as well.

Phosphorous loading into Lake Erie is mostly from erosion. Preventing erosion keeps the nutrients and soil on the farm and not in our water.

CHP supports producer organizations that create conducive growth and management. Management like crop rotation, cover crops, distribution and diversity of livestock production which increase soil stewardship. Growth like wetlands, meadow-lands, and wildlife corridors which benefit migrating and endangered species and pollinators, and store excess rain, preventing an extra 18 inches of rain water from accumulating in Lake Erie.

CHP supports policies that help ensure biologically-sourced fertilizers such as manure and compost are available to farms across the country and not concentrated in certain areas.

• The Canada Pension Plan is underfunded.

• Canadians deserve control of their own pension funds.

• The CHP will introduce a Personal Income Security Account (PISA)

to take the place of the CPP and give Canadians more control of

their own funds.

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The Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Pension are helpful income

supplements but are often entirely inadequate to meet the needs of

our aging seniors who have contributed so greatly to our national

economic health and development.

The CHP would initiate a PISA (Personal Income Security Account) for

every Canadian at the time they enter the workforce. Rather than

pooling the employment deductions of workers, the PISA would be a

self-managed fund made up of workplace deductions from both the

employee and employer, vested in the personal savings account of each

employee. It would be available when needed—up to a certain annual

threshold—to compensate workers for time lost through periods of

unemployment or disability but its primary purpose would be to

provide an adequate income for workers in retirement. The program

would be optional for those who see its benefits and wish to take

advantage of its growth and financial leverage over time.

We need adequate preservation and enhancement of fish stocks. Resource management with other industries, such as forestry, mines, and hydro, would ensure that natural spawning grounds and channels remain viable. Adequate protection of the habitat (controls on forest pesticide applications, thermal and chemical pollution, municipal waste and sewage disposal, reforestation) must be maintained to sustain natural fish stocks. We will enforce strict penalties for impairment of habitat. Adequate legislation is needed for federal authorities to enforce catch limits and foreign fishing restrictions within territorial waters.

Canada is a huge country with ports and access on the Atlantic,

Pacific and Arctic Oceans and shares a border with the USA of

over 8,891 km.

• Development, maintenance and operation of Canada’s roads,

railways, ports and airports is critical for maintaining the

lifestyles and economic advantages Canadians have come to

expect.

Canada’s 10 provinces and 3 territories share a network of roads,

railways, ports and airports that allow for the movement of citizens and

the transport of goods and services.

Canada has over 1 million miles of public roads, 53,321 public bridges

and 475 tunnels. Canadians rely on these roadways, railways, ports and

airports for public travel and for the transportation of goods and

services.

Canada has about 840,000 km of pipelines for the distribution of oil and

gas.

There are currently some inter-provincial trade barriers that limit or

restrict the passage or sale of certain goods between provinces. There

is not a major East-West pipeline or energy corridor to allow Western oil

and gas to flow to Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.

Passenger service on Canada’s two major East-West railways (CN and

CP) has not been properly maintained and priority is often given to

freight trains carrying containers of consumer products made in China

(tvs, computers, cars, etc.) over passenger service. Because of the

unreliability, unavailability and cost, many Canadians have given up on

rail travel. Canada should once again act to establish a viable rail service

from coast to coast. If reliable and affordable passenger service were

available, it would reduce the number of cars on the road.

CHP would work hard with the airline, railroad and trucking industries

to improve and maintain our essential infrastructure and would work

with the provinces to reduce or eliminate inter-provincial trade barriers.

Canada currently borrows operating and investment capital

from other nations and from international bankers; we are now

paying out about $125 million every day in interest on the federal

debt. This must stop.

• The CHP would restore the Bank of Canada to its proper function.

It would be made responsible to create Canada’s money supply

and to maintain its value.

Canada currently borrows operating and investment capital from other

nations and from international bankers and pays interest on the debt

incurred—about $125 million every single day!

The CHP would restore the Bank of Canada to its proper function. It

would create and provide Canada’s money supply. As money lent at

little or no interest to provinces, municipalities and Crown corporations

for Canadian infrastructure projects would be repaid, it would be taken

back out of circulation, thus preventing runaway inflation.

God has ordained that man shall live by the sweat of his brow and the

work of his hands. Work is not a bad thing; work and the ability to

create, to produce, to contribute is a great blessing.

We believe there is enough work to go around and all people are

happiest and most blessed when they are participating, are fully

engaged and using their minds, their hands, their skills to work for the

purpose of feeding their families and to make the world a better place.

The worker is worthy of his / her wages. When people work hard and

perform their duties well, they deserve adequate compensation and

benefits to allow them to have food, clothing and shelter, to be able to

afford healthcare, transportation and housing. To be able to

communicate, to pay their share of taxes, to be able to educate their

children, to invest and save. To cover their anticipated needs when they

reach old age and to leave something for their children.

This is one aspect of freedom: freedom to earn or freedom from want.

In an ideal society, this would be the case for every human being who

recognizes the responsibility to earn one’s own bread.

The Bible also says that “he who does not work shall not eat.”

Unfortunately, there are some people who try to avoid work or who try

to achieve the lifestyle to which they aspire by relying on the efforts of

others, either as outright welfare cases or by seeking to establish

government programs that will supply their needs and wants at the

expense of hardworking taxpayers. This is not right.

The difficulty for policymakers and those administering social programs

is to sort out the truly deserving poor—those who through no fault of

their own are facing poverty and homelessness—and those who want

to “milk the system”. For the sake of the mass of hardworking

Canadians and the truly needy, government MUST be willing to say NO

to those who are not willing to work and instead develop training

programs and opportunities that will allow them to take their rightful

place in the workforce.

With today’s minimum-wage standards and working conditions, there

are fewer and fewer legitimate reasons for union job-action. While

unions still have an important role in protecting their members from

intolerable conditions and helping them maintain reasonable job

security with seniority, equal pay for equal work, etc. many of today’s

job actions, especially in the public sector are the result of unrealistic

expectations.

Public sector employees should have pensions and benefits equal to

those of private-sector employees doing the same sort of work. Public

sector employees performing essential services: security, healthcare,

education, mail delivery, public transportation, etc. should not use

public inconvenience (during a strike) as a bargaining tool. Reasonable

mutual agreement between employees and employers should become

the new standard and strikes and lockouts a thing of the past.

Keeping the manufacturing of Canadian goods in Canada will maintain integrity of goods produced and provide jobs for Canadians.

Resources—especially non-renewable resources—must be harvested or extracted in a responsible manner, with a view to future generations.

Raw resources (timber, oil, minerals, etc.) should be processed in Canada in order to maximize their value to Canadians.

Natural resources are given by God for our benefit and should be harvested or extracted to benefit Canada’s people and economy.

They must be used carefully with minimal damage to the environment and maximum recovery of latent values for the Canadian people.

Non-renewable resources—such as oil and gas, coal, metal ores, potash, etc.—must be harvested and processed in a responsible manner, minimizing waste and reclaiming surface values for agriculture, timber or wilderness values.

In all cases, water—both above ground and below ground must be kept free of toxins and contaminants. Metals that can be recycled—steel, copper, aluminum, etc.—should be carefully recovered wherever possible to reduce the amount of new ore extraction necessary to maintain our infrastructures.

Canada has about 840,000 km of pipelines for the distribution of oil and gas. There are currently some inter-provincial trade barriers that limit or restrict the passage or sale of certain goods between provinces. There is not a major East-West pipeline or energy corridor to allow Western oil and gas to flow to Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.

I am a small business owner and there have been years where I have paid more taxes than I have netted.

Small businesses pay taxes on their Gross, not Net Income. If you Gross 50,000 dollars but Net 25,000, you still pay 6,500 in taxes; leaving you with 18,500. The harder you work, the more you pay. It’s hardly worth running a business.

CHP will implement Fair Tax- a national sales tax based on what you SPEND, not what you earn. No more tax on income, death, or inheritance. Taxes will be charged only on NEW purchases; you decide how much tax you pay, by how much you spend. Like luxury? You’ll pay more taxes. Live the simple life? You’ll pay less. Fair Tax would reduce the 56 billion spent each year on the CRA.

No more complicated paperwork, saving receipts or printing off utility bills. Since there will be a higher demand for tax-free used items, the burden on the landfills will be reduced. (The Green Party should adopt this idea).

A country that cannot feed itself cannot survive.

• Supply management is an imperfect system but it was developed

to protect various essential branches of Canada’s agriculture

producers.

• Some claim that without supply management, Canada’s dairy

industry would cease to exist. They also point to the US dairy

industry, where bankruptcies and even suicides are endemic.

• To some extent, supply management may also protect Canadian

consumers from hormones that are allowed in US dairy products

but not in Canada.

• On the negative side, supply management—with its quotas—

makes it nearly impossible for young people to start up a dairy

herd as the cost of quotas is prohibitive.

• Supply management and various health regulations also make it

difficult or expensive to access organic, unprocessed dairy and

meat products and creates huge obstacles for the “small farmer

who wants to produce and sell small quantities of specialized

products.

A country that cannot feed itself ceases to be a country. Supply

management of Canada’s dairy, poultry and eggs was developed in

order to ensure the viability of Canada’s food producers.

While the CHP supports the concept of free markets and free trade, it is

important to balance these ideals against the protection of our

producers from market forces and foreign competition that could drive

them out of business.

Regarding trade negotiations with the US, Canada must re-assess our

supply management practices and find solutions that would benefit

Canadian producers and consumers alike while avoiding—as much as

possible—tariff wars with the US.

A lot of people don’t understand how tariffs work. The US tariffs are costing AMERICANS money, not Canadians. It DOES affect Canadian businesses that sell to the US since they will be more inclined to buy US goods, BUT that will encourage Canadian businesses to stay local as well. If we put a tariff on US goods, WE pay that tariff, not the US.

Due to the relative size of our economies, we CANNOT win a trade war with the US. We need their goods more than they need ours and a trade war will make future negotiations more difficult.

The original reason given for US tariffs was the passage through Canada of fentanyl and potential terrorists. This is valid criticism, we need to improve our port and border security—not only to remove tariffs—but also to protect Canada. The Prime Minister offered to spend a feeble $1.3 billion on the border. That’s less than we spend EVERY WEEK in interest on the national debt. These tariffs would be less concerning if Canada were not $1.2 trillion in debt. We pay $54 billion every year in interest.

The CHP would improve our border security, strictly enforce drug laws, encourage manufacturing in Canada, remove barriers to inter-provincial trade, and introduce MANDATORY balanced budgets. Then we would negotiate in good faith with the US from a stronger economic position.

Canada should STOP giving taxpayer money to political parties;

Conservatives and Liberals receive millions of dollars to fund

their campaigns.

• The law should require that ALL candidates are fairly included in

debates and in taxpayer-funded media.

• CHP would review the “first-past-the-post” system and move

toward proportional representation, provided it can be done

fairly.

Most people know that our current voting system for MPs is called

“first-past-the-post” and often results in the election of individual MPs

or even parties who receive votes from less than half the eligible voters.

Thus, the governments in power are often the result of people voting

against other parties or for candidates and parties they don’t

necessarily really like but whom they consider “the lesser of two evils”

or “more likely to win”.

For this reason, the CHP has long favoured some form of “proportional

representation” whereby every party would achieve a percentage of

seats in Parliament roughly equal to the percentage of votes received.

PR has some problems of its own; there are a number of variations of it,

each of them attempting to resolve the issues. No system is perfect.

The biggest challenge for Christians is that our western society as a

whole has abandoned the Christian principles that made it great:

freedom of speech, respect for life, respect for the Creator and for the

rule of law.

CHP federal policy supports some form of proportional representation.

Some members are also suggesting other forms of electoral reform,

such as a Preferential Ballot, allowing voters to rank the candidates in

order of preference. All these systems should be looked at; if fairer and

more effective results can be achieved, the CHP would support changes

to the system.

• Canada’s federal debt is over $1.2 trillion and growing.

• Interest on that debt is $125 million every dingle day!

• Spending money we don’t have is stealing from our

grandchildren who will have to pay it back.

• Politicians are spending money they don’t have and using to “buy

votes”. This is immoral.

• The CHP would pay down the debt and introduce Mandatory

Balanced Budgets; NO deficit spending!

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Just as in our own households, the health of the national economy is

negatively influenced by debt. At the time of this writing, the federal

government owes over $1.2 trillion in debt as a result of accumulative

deficit spending. This is in addition to provincial debt, municipal debt

and household debt. Taxpayers are currently paying about $125 million

in interest on the federal debt every single day!

This debt is the accumulated result of years of vote-buying by the two

largest federal parties, the Liberals and the Conservatives. We say votebuying because both parties try to influence voters by promising to

spend money for the things they think they want. Once elected, these

parties spend money they don’t have, especially before elections.

Governments actually do not have ANY money. They only have what

they can collect in taxes and what they can borrow on international

markets. The difference between the money they can raise through

taxation and the money they actually spend in a given year is called the

annual deficit (or if they spend wisely and do not spend all the tax

money, it is called a surplus). Canada’s national debt is an accumulation

of annual deficits.

The Liberals and the socialist New Democrats have long been known as

spendthrift money managers and the current government is no

exception. What is not widely known is that the last Conservative

government, which was in power for 9 years, also added significantly to

the national debt…close to $150 billion! No matter what measure you

use, that is not balancing the budget!

Since 1990, we have spent over ONE TRILLION $ in interest alone on the

federal debt! Until we pay off the national debt, we will continue to

spend money we don’t have—our grandchildren’s money—on interest

to the international bankers.

The CHP would pay off our national debt like a household mortgage

and eliminate this drain on our operating budget. We would also

institute mandatory balanced budgets except in times of war or

national emergency to prevent this debt from ever coming back

• The CHP would do away with the federal Income Tax and replace

that needed revenue with a national sales tax on purchases,

known as the “Fair Tax”.

• With NO Income Tax, Canadians would have a lot more money to

save, invest and spend.

• Canadians could control how much tax they pay by controlling

their spending.

• Governments should not be penalizing people for working harder

and longer hours.

Canada’s current system of Income Tax is wrong. Under today’s system,

the harder you work, the harder they hit you. This is a disincentive to

work hard and to invest in business. We believe it’s wrong to take

money away from those who have earned it.

The CHP would replace the income tax system with a Fair Tax—a

national sales tax based not on what you earn but on what you spend.

This gives you the power to decide how much tax you want to pay. If

you buy lots of luxury items you will pay more tax; if you control your

spending and keep your expenses low, you will benefit greatly from the

Fair Tax and will be able to keep much more of your paycheque to save,

invest or spend on the things you need. Have a look at your paycheque

and think of what you could do with the money now being skimmed by

Revenue Canada.

The Fair Tax would apply at a flat rate for all purchases. With the money

saved on income tax, many more Canadians will be able to purchase

their own homes, start their own businesses and create jobs in a

growth economy.

• God created two genders: male and female.

• Biological gender, DNA, etc., cannot be changed by surgery or

chemicals.

• Many children have been harmed, emotionally and physically by

the manipulation of those in positions of authority who have

imposed non-scientific and unbiblical theories and protocols

upon them, sometimes resulting in physical mutilation of their

God-given bodies and design.

• The CHP would protect children from this deceptive and harmful

propaganda.

In the beginning, God created us male and female. There are only two

biological genders.

Gender “re-assignment” is impossible because biological gender is

determined by chromosomes, which do not change. Biological gender

is—by definition—the gender of every individual.

All Canadians must treat our fellow Canadians with respect. No

Canadian should be denied Government services or the protection of

the law based on biological gender. That being said, there are qualities

that make one unfit for service in the armed forces. Acceptance in any

government job or program may be subject to a reasonable

assessment of qualities, skills and strength. No individual shall be

deemed entitled to a job, a promotion, or a grant, simply because of a

claimed gender identity inconsistent with their biological gender.

Biological males must not be allowed to participate in women’s and

girls’ sports competition. Students in school must have access to

privacy washrooms, showers and change rooms free from the presence

of members of the opposite biological sex.

Marriage is the exclusive union of one man and one woman. The

government should not recognize same-sex unions as marriage. The

CHP would repeal same-sex marriage.

LGBTQ doctrine should not be endorsed in public schools under the

guise of “anti-bullying” or “inclusion”. The government has a duty to

protect children from harmful propaganda, which can lead to

destructive lifestyle choices. Education resources should be invested in

academic programs, not in the experimental promotion of lifestyles and

behaviours known to be harmful.

All Canadians must treat our fellow Canadians with respect. No

Canadian should be denied Government services or the protection of

the law based on biological gender. That being said, there are qualities

that make one unfit for service in the armed forces. Acceptance in any

government job or program may be subject to a reasonable

assessment of qualities, skills and strength. No individual shall be

deemed entitled to a job, a promotion, or a grant, simply because of gender.

Canada can once again be a world leader; let’s lead in good things

—clean water, nutritious food, clean energy and in godly

principles of justice and freedom.

• CHP would END our current “foreign aid” programs that put

pressure on developing countries to participate in abortions,

LGBT agendas and deficit spending.

• Canada should work to promote peace in the world and not

support financially or militarily corrupt governments.

• Canada needs to rein in spending. We should defend our own

borders before spending money in other countries.

Canada occupies a respected place on the world stage and ought to be

a world leader in areas of freedom and justice. Our troops have made a

difference in peacetime and in war.

In recent years, Canada’s foreign policies have foundered and our

government has been sending mixed signals. Since the outbreak of

terrorism at home and abroad, Canada has retreated from its

leadership role and settled for pandering to politically-correct

soundbites having to do with the gender agenda, hypothetical climate

change dogma and unrealistic assumptions about the motives and

intentions of other countries.

Canada must regain its role as a leader, must abandon its destructive

promotion of abortion and gender confusion, must speak clearly on

human rights and freedom of speech and freedom of religion and must

act with clarity and force when its interests are threatened. However,

we should be careful about getting involved in conflicts that are not in

our best interests and where the issues are not crystal clear.

• Israel occupies a unique place in history and in current world

affairs.

• Israel stands alone as a democratic nation, surrounded by hostile

nations.

• The CHP supports the right of Israel to exist and defend herself

against acts of aggression.

Israel, aside from its unique historical significance as the birthplace of

Christ and the channel through which God has given the Law, the Holy

Scriptures and the first model of righteous governance—is also a

unique nation as she stands alone in the Middle East, surrounded by

hostile nations and a symbol of God’s sovereignty in the earth.

Israel also stands as a bulwark against the advance of radical

totalitarian regimes both in the Middle East and around the world and

holds a unique place, not only in world history past but in the unfolding

fulfilment of prophecies in our day.

Israel is far from perfect either in law or practice but Canada must

stand as a staunch ally of Israel, as the lone democracy in the Middle

East.

Canada must be able to defend its borders and government

leaders must be willing—if circumstances require—to use armed

force to do so.

• The men and women serving in the Canadian Armed Forces must

be supplied with the latest equipment and must have adequate

training to be ready when called upon.

• Our veterans deserve our gratitude and our duty of care,

especially those who have been injured in the line of duty. We

also have a duty of care to families who have lost loved ones in

service to our country.

Canada’s national defence must be given high priority. A nation must be

able defend it borders.

Our armed forces deserve the best and latest technology, training and

support.

Veterans deserve to be respected and properly looked after. They

served our country and put their lives on the line. We need to recognize

their sacrifice.

A lot of people don’t understand how tariffs work. The US tariffs are costing AMERICANS money, not Canadians. It DOES affect Canadian businesses that sell to the US since they will be more inclined to buy US goods, BUT that will encourage Canadian businesses to stay local as well. If we put a tariff on US goods, WE pay that tariff, not the US.

Due to the relative size of our economies, we CANNOT win a trade war with the US. We need their goods more than they need ours and a trade war will make future negotiations more difficult.

The original reason given for US tariffs was the passage through Canada of fentanyl and potential terrorists. This is valid criticism, we need to improve our port and border security—not only to remove tariffs—but also to protect Canada. The Prime Minister offered to spend a feeble $1.3 billion on the border. That’s less than we spend EVERY WEEK in interest on the national debt. These tariffs would be less concerning if Canada were not $1.2 trillion in debt. We pay $54 billion every year in interest.

The CHP would improve our border security, strictly enforce drug laws, encourage manufacturing in Canada, remove barriers to inter-provincial trade, and introduce MANDATORY balanced budgets. Then we would negotiate in good faith with the US from a stronger economic position.

Canada’s 10 provinces and 3 territories share a network of roads, railways, ports and airports that allow for the movement of citizens and the transport of goods and services. Canada has over 1 million miles of public roads, 53,321 public bridges and 475 tunnels. Canadians rely on these roadways, railways, ports and 62 airports for public travel and for the transportation of goods and services.

Passenger service on Canada’s two major East-West railways (CN and CP) has not been properly maintained and priority is often given to freight trains carrying containers of consumer products made in China (tvs, computers, cars, etc.) over passenger service. Because of the unreliability, unavailability and cost, many Canadians have given up on rail travel. Canada should once again act to establish a viable rail service from coast to coast. If reliable and affordable passenger service were available, it would reduce the number of cars on the road.

CHP would work hard with the airline, railroad and trucking industries to improve and maintain our essential infrastructure and would work with the provinces to reduce or eliminate inter-provincial trade barriers.