At
      Issue:
      Education...
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Christian
      Heritage
      Party:
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Policies
      you
      just
      can't
      hear
      from
      anyone
      else
     
    
   
   
    
     
      recently
      received
      a
      flyer
      in
      the
      mail
     
     
      I
      explaining
      Christian
      Heritage
      Party
     
    

    
     
      Policies
      (CHP).
      Unfortunately,
      there
     
     
      was
      no
      mention
      of
      post-secondary
      education
     
     
      among
      their
      many
      policies.
      (Nor
      were
      local
     
     
      CHP
      candidate
      Engineering
      Professor
      Baird
     
     
      Judson
      or
      the
      party
      office
      in
      Ontario
      able
      to
     
     
      provide
      me
      with
      any
      policy
      material
      relating
     
     
      specifically
      to
      university
      or
      college
      education
     
     
      or
      students.)
      Some
      of
      the
      other
      policies
      put
     
     
      forth
      by
      the
      CHP
      were,
      I
      felt,
      sufficiently
      unique
     
     
      to
      be
      reported
      in
      this
      column.
      They
      are
      also
     
     
      interesting
      to
      examine
      in
      light
      of
      the
      fact
      that
      a
     
     
      member
      of
      faculty
      is
      running
      as
      a
      candidate
     
     
      under
      these
      policies.
      There
      are
      many
      policies
     
     
      presented
      by
      the
      party,
      but
      this
      article
      deals
      only
     
     
      with
      the
      ones
      that
      (in
      my
      opinion)
      clearly
      set
      the
     
     
      CHP
      apart
      from
      the
      other
      parties
      running
      in
      this
     
     
      election.
     
    

    
     
      Under
      the
      topic
      of
      ‘‘The
      Family
      and
      Soci-
     
     
      ety’’
      the
      CHP
      states
      that
      it
      would
      ‘‘Oppose
     
     
      universal
      daycare
      but
      support
      the
      efforts
      and
     
     
      care
      supplied
      by
      individuals
      and
      groups...
      Re-
     
     
      sist
      any
      attempts
      to
      “REDEFINE”
      the
      tradi-
     
     
      tional
      family
      through
      the
      inclusion
      of
      ‘same
     
     
      sex’
      partners
      and
      the
      adoption
      of
      children
      by
     
     
      lesbians
      and
      homosexuals...
      [and]
      Revoke
      the
     
     
      laws
      on
      ‘NO
      FAULT’
      divorce.’’
     
    

    
     
      On
      the
      issue
      of
      *‘AIDS
      and
      Public
      Health’’
     
     
      the
      CHP
      would
      bring
      about
      mandatory
      AIDS
     
     
      testing
      for
      all
      Canadians,
      mandatory
      AIDS
      test-
     
     
      ing
      of
      all
      immigrants
      and
      refugees,
      and
      the
     
     
      establishment
      of
      AIDS
      hospices
      “‘to
      meet
      the
     
     
      demand
      for
      more
      treatment
      centres.’’
     
    

    
     
      On
      ‘‘Immigration
      and
      Refugees’’
      the
      party
     
     
      states
      that
      ‘‘Our
      immigration
      laws
      must
      not
      be
     
     
      tools
      of
      social
      engineering
      to
      permanently
      alter
     
     
      our
      Christian
      Heritage.”’
     
    

    
     
      “*Justice’’
      policies
      of
      the
      CHP
      contain
      sev-
     
     
      eral
      policies
      that
      are
      rather
      unique.
      First,
      the
     
     
      party
      claims
      that
      ‘‘The
      Charter
      of
      Rights
      is
      used
     
     
      as
      a
      manipulative
      instrument
      to
      advance
      causes
     
     
      that
      hurt
      the
      common
      good.’’
      Second,
      the
      party
     
     
      has
      as
      a
      policy
      to
      eliminate
      Section
      232
      of
      the
     
     
      Criminal
      Code.
      Their
      reasoning
      for
      doing
      this
     
     
      would
      be
      so
      that
      no
      court
      cases
      could
      be
      reduced
     
     
      from
      murder
      to
      manslaughter.
      A
      CHP
      govern-
     
     
      ment
      would
      also
      work
      to
      bring
      a
      ‘‘Reinstate-
     
     
      ment
      of
      capital
      punishment
      for
      pre-meditated
     
     
      murder
      upon
      unanimous
      consent
      by
      judge
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
      jury.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      party’s
      opposition
      to
      the
      Canadian
      Char-
     
     
      ter
      of
      Rights
      and
      Freedoms
      is
      further
      explained
     
     
      later
      in
      the
      flyer.
      It
      states
      ‘‘A
      dangerous
      new
     
     
      course
      has
      been
      taken
      which
      puts
      democracy
     
     
      and
      the
      liberty
      of
      future
      generations
      in
      peril.
     
     
      CHP
      has
      concluded
      that
      nothing
      less
      than
      the
     
     
      REPEAL
      OF
      THE
      CHARTER
      OF
      RIGHTS
     
     
      will
      suffice
      to
      restore
      democracy
      to
      Canada.”’
     
    

    
     
      The
      Christian
      Heritage
      Party
      flyer
      concludes
     
     
      with
      a
      section
      on
      social
      programs.
      It
      appears
     
     
      that
      the
      CHP
      is
      in
      favour
      of
      social
      programs
     
     
      being
      ‘‘limited
      to’?
      Medicare
      and
      the
      Canada
     
     
      Pension
      Plan.
      Medicare
      would,
      however,
      be
     
     
      without
      ‘“exemption
      or
      protection
      to
      those
      whose
     
     
      lifestyle
      and
      conduct
      posea
      health
      threat,
      thereby
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      increasing
      society’s
      health
      risks
      and
      health
     
     
      costs.’’
      It
      is
      perhaps
      understandable
      that
      a
      party
     
     
      with
      no
      real
      policy
      on
      post-secondary
      education
     
     
      would
      not
      mention
      the
      Canada
      Student
      Loans
     
     
      program
      as
      a
      social
      program
      (although
      it
      is
     
     
      rather
      debatable
      to
      think
      of
      it
      as
      a
      social
      pro-
     
     
      gram)
      that
      it
      favours.
     
    

    
     
      It
      is
      clear
      that
      the
      policies
      of
      the
      Christian
     
     
      Heritage
      Party
      represent
      ideas
      that
      the
      majority
     
     
      of
      Canadians
      r.ight
      find
      objectionable.
      They
     
     
      appear
      to
      have
      different
      concepts
      of
      govern-
     
     
      ment
      and
      human
      rights
      than
      practically
      all
      other
     
     
      political
      parties.
      These
      policies,
      ifbetter
      known,
     
     
      may
      prove
      alarming
      to
      many
      people.
     
    

    
     
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