Who are the people of the CHP?

We’re your neighbours, and we want the same things you want: safe communities, a strong economy, and a good future for our children and grandchildren. We come from all parts of the nation, and from all walks of life.

Why a specifically Christian political party?

The CHP was not started because there were no Christians in the other parties — there are. However, party discipline in Ottawa is so restrictive that Christian members of Parliament in the major parties are not permitted to bring their deepest convictions into parliamentary debates: they are told by their caucuses what to say, and when. Therefore, we saw a great need for a national political party that would encourage Christians to put forward the Biblical perspectives upon which Canada — and indeed, western civilization itself — was founded.

Is CHP membership broad-based?

Yes. There are no denominational tests for membership, and no church directs our efforts. CHP members include Anglicans, Baptists, Brethren, Catholics, Christian & Missionary Alliance, Mennonites, Pentecostals, Presbyterians, Reformed – and probably many others: we don’t keep track. From our various backgrounds, we come together to seek a consensus about the best way to apply proven Judeo-Christian principles of justice and compassion to Canada’s contemporary public policy needs.

We invite you to work with us in this project: to help restore those principles – the very principles already enshrined in the Preamble to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Canada’s Constitution – to a place of respect and pre-eminence in the public life of our nation.

Is the CHP trying to impose Christianity on those of other faiths?

Not at all. The Christian Heritage Party champions religious freedom, freedom of conscience and free speech for Canadians of all faiths, including those who claim no faith. A government founded on Christian principles will protect those freedoms for all. We believe it is the only kind of government that will do so.

Many people think that the Canadian government should be “secular” and that “Secularism” is neutral . . . but it is not. Secularism is itself a religion and its adherents seek to impose their beliefs on those of other faiths. That is why we are seeing efforts in Parliament and in the courts to censor free speech, to condemn parts of the Bible and other religious texts as “hate speech” and to force Christians and those of other faiths to endorse certain lifestyles and behaviours.

We believe governments have a responsibility to support universally-recognized principles like justice, honesty, compassion, diligence and thrift, all of which are based on biblical texts and are good for all citizens, regardless of their faith understandings.  Jesus said, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” If we all practiced that principle, we would have very little need of external laws to constrain our behaviour.  If we would govern ourselves (internal government), we would need fewer laws and less institutional enforcement (external government).

However, because human nature is inherently flawed, it is necessary to implement laws designed to curb evil and promote good behaviour. Personal choices about faith and belief are a matter of individual conscience and ought never to be imposed by external government.

What is the CHP in a nutshell?

The CHP is Canada’s only pro-Life federal political party, and the only federal party that endorses the Judeo-Christian principles enshrined in the Canadian Constitution: ‘Canada was founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God’ – capital ‘G': the God of the Bible -‘and the rule of law.’

* Statistics Canada 2011 census