| ISSUES | CHP | LIBERAL | CONSERVATIVE | NDP | GREEN |
| Same Sex Marriage | Marriage is "The voluntary union of one man and one woman, to exclusion of all others." Would call a Parliamentary inquiry into the social consequences, particularly to children. Would repeal Bill C-38 | After just two weeks of sham "hearings", the Liberal government of Paul Martin forced Bill C-38 through the House by "whipping" the Cabinet; this redefined marriage to include same-sex relationships | Promised in the 2005-2006 campaign to defend the traditional definition of marriage:one-man-and-one-woman; broke that promise by merely asking MPs whether they wanted to re-open C-38. They said "no," and it was dropped. Broke promise to defend marriage with legislation. | Strongly supports same-sex "marriage" | Supports same-sex "marriage" |
| Age of Consent for Sexual Intercourse | Raise age of consent to 18 | The party has voted against raising the age of consent | Raised age of consent to 16 | Opposes increase to age of consent. Some advocate lowering age of consent for anal sex. | No policy statement found |
| Child Pornography | Would eliminate "artistic merit" defense for possession of child porn | Supports "artistic merit" excuse for possession of some child pornography | Opposes "artistic merit" excuse for possession of child porn | Supports "artistic merit" excuse to possess some child porn | No policy statement found |
| Life Issues | Ammend the criminal code of Canada to protect all innocent human life from conception to natural death. Supports 'Pre-born Victims of Crime" legislation | Strongly pro-abortion; the Liberal government of Pierre Trudeau legalized abortion. Opposed to Unborn Victims of Crime Bill | Prime Minister Harper said in December, 2005, "I will use whatever influence I have to ensure that no legislation on abortion comes into Parliament. In a news conference at Montreal Sept. 29, 2008 he reiterated his firm opposition to allowing Parliament to even discuss abortion. The Conservative Party thus defends the abortion industry from Parliament. Justice Minister Nicholson will replace Unborn Victims of Crime Bill with a Bill that "will not open the question of fetal rights"; he stated, "Our government will not re-open the abortion debate." | Strongly pro-abortion Opposition to Unborn Victims of Crime law | Pro-abortion. No stated policy on Unborn Victims of Crime legislation |
| Family Taxation | Eliminate all tax disadvantages to single-income families | A few subsidies and programs proposed | Many targeted tax breaks add complexity to tax law | Supports women in the workforce at expense of single-income families | No stated policy found |
| Day Care | A "family friendly child care allowance" of $12,000 ($1,000 a month) for any family with children under 18 living at home if one parent stays home to raise the children. | Advocates government-funded institutional national day care plan similar to Quebec's, estimated at $5-15 billion of new taxes. (Quebec's plan cost taxpayers 33 times what was predicted.) | Pays $1,200 directly to each parent for care of children under 6 | Advocates government-funded institutional national day care plan and $100-400 per month per child | No stated policy found |
| ISSUES | CHP | LIBERAL | CONSERVATIVE | NDP | GREEN |
| Health Care | Stronger focus on prevention. Retain single gov't payer plan but open competition for delivery of services. Eliminate funding for abortion and destructive lifestyles. Fund redesign of hospitals to current state of the art single room facilities to reduce hospital induced infections and deaths. | Strong support for dying state-monopoly on health care delivery | Wants to return more responsibility for health care to provinces; failed attempts to seriously reduce waiting times | Strong support for dying state-monopoly on health care delivery | . |
| Accountable Government | Strengthen powers and independence of Auditor-General and other gov't watchdogs | Chretien and Martin gov'ts produced crisis of confidence in federal gov't integrity | Passed the Accountability Act in the last Parliament. Broke 13 promises in their "Accountability Act" | . | . |
| Guns, Gun Registry and Crime | Oppose the long-gun registry; increase mandatory penalties for the criminal use of firearms. Supports the rights of citizens to protect themselves and their families. Supports restitution for crimes. | Strong advocates of gun control for law-abiding gun owners | Promised to repeal long-gun registry legislation; have not done it; increase penalties around criminal use of firearms; put more officers on the street | Strong advocates of gun control for law-abiding gun owners | . |
| Environment | Focus on real pollution; air, water, and soil. Considers water vapour and CO2 beneficial to life and agriculture. | "Green Shift" and Kyoto-type plans; advocates a 'carbon tax' on fossil fuel use, which would increase the cost of everything that is moved to market. | Advocates destructive "Cap-and-Trade" policy; implemented various pollution and chemical regulations in last Parliament | Advocates Kyoto-type Accords | Similar to Liberal policy proposals |
| . | No new taxes; climate is always changing. Dollars wasted on 'climate change' with minimal effect would be better used on projects to provide clean drinking water in developing nations and fighting malaria. | Represents a massive tax grab to expand the size of government | Represents a massive tax grab to expand the size of government | Represents a massive tax grab to expand the size of government | Represents a massive tax grab to expand the size of government |
| Defense of the Constitution | Restrain judicial activism, affirm Preamble of the Constitution | Ambivalent at best to judicial activism; ignore Preamble of the Constitution | Ambivalent at best to judicial activism; ignore Preamble of the Constitution | Ambivalent at best to judicial activism; ignore Preamble of the Constitution | No stated policy |
| Human Rights Commissions | Restrain human rights commissions to original mandate, and eliminate section 13 | Agree with existing mandate | Justice Minister Nicholson tabled a 51-page document agreeing with existing mandate | Agree with existing mandate | No stated policy |
| Public funding of political parties | Introduced to Chief Electoral Officer's Advisory Committee a plan to allow each taxpayer to designate who would get their $2. Plan was rejected by the four parties now in the House. | Voted for C-24, by which parties now in Parliament to share $30 million a year of taxpayers' money | Voted against C-24, but now accepts the largest share $30 million a year of taxpayers' money | Voted for C-24, by which parties now in Parliament to share $30 million a year of taxpayers' money | No stated policy |
| Research for this chart was done through the following websites - www.chp.ca, www.liberal.ca, www.conservative.ca, www.ndp.ca, and www.greenparty.ca. Authorised by the registered agent for the Christian Heritage Party of Canada | |||||