The Minister of Immigration, Jason Kenney, is targeting 6,500 immigrants in citizenship fraud. Wow. I guess we can thank God that someone in government has finally the sense and boldness to admit that Canada’s immigration system is seriously flawed. With over 250,000 immigrating to Canada every year and only a small fraction ever having to undergo any kind of a security check, we can suspect the numbers stated above are only the tip of the iceberg. Yes, Canada’s current birthrate of 1.6 children per female is far below the 2.1 that is required to maintain our population. In fact, we are not alone, nations world-wide are starting to pay close attention to the disastrous implications of a declining demographic. Sadly our Canadian government is one of the few that live under the false security that any shortfall can be made up by increased immigration. Experts reveal that it cannot. Curiously, about the only people who do not believe that immigration benefits the economy and reduces problems stemming from an aging population are those whose business it is to research and study these questions. Yes, it is the economists, the demographers, the statisticians, and the academics. Typically, their findings received little media coverage and elicited no comment by government spokespeople. Studies conducted by experts at the C.D. Howe Institute and Fraser Institute confirm that there are greater financial, economic, and social benefits to be gained by shifting the priority in population management away from immigration and toward domestic growth. Read the study: The Effects of Mass Immigration on Canadian Living Standards and Society by Herbert Grubel. This study clearly shows that since the very survival of a civilization and nation is at stake, it is of paramount importance that the political solutions be aimed immediately towards domestic growth over a period of several generations. The year 2011 marked the first year that Canada's baby-boomers began entering retirement and their retirement income and health care are certainly not secure. At their inception, funding for programs such as Medicare, Old Age Security, and Canada Pension was based on the assumption that the demographic trends of the 1960s would continue and that our population would continue to increase. These assumptions have proven to be entirely incorrect. For developed nations such as Canada, longer life expectancy, reduced fertility rates, and the baby boomer bubble have contributed to an ageing population. Over time there will be fewer people entering the workforce than those leaving it, leading to a potentially devastating problem for the funding of pensions and medical care. To restore population growth and secure Canada’s heritage and future, this trend has to be reversed. The Christian Heritage Party of Canada is on side with the experts and will champion a reversal by advocating policies that will enhance domestic growth. First and foremost, we’ll strengthen the traditional family unit as the most important building block for a strong and vibrant society and we will do this by:

• Increasing financial assistance for families. CHP Canada's Family-Care Allowance of $1,000 per month will assist those parents who choose to care for their own children in their own homes. And, this allowance will apply in the case where an immediate family member chooses to remain home or leave the workplace in order to be the primary caregiver for an ageing parent or a disabled family member. Allowing one parent to stay at home to manage the children’s school, sports, and social activities diminishes the stress experienced by parents trying to cope with two full time work schedules as well as proper childcare and other family responsibilities.
• Encourage policies that promote early childbearing. Young married couples should be encouraged to contribute to society through raising children.
• Promote lower housing costs so that families can afford to shelter more children.
• Pay down the debt (treat it like a mortgage) as rapidly as possible before the number of taxpayers further decreases.
• Commence the transition to the Fair Tax system, which will eliminate income tax and provide for a much larger take home pay for families with a single earner.
• Until the transition to Fair Tax is complete, allow for taxation on split incomes for single-income couples, (as has already been done with pensions), thereby reducing the taxes to be paid by single-income families.
• Advocate adoption over abortion. Set up an efficient adoption system so that every baby is a wanted baby. Ensure legal costs and government bureaucracy is not a major barrier preventing families from adopting. For years, Canadian couples wishing to adopt a baby have actually found it easier to pay a small fortune ($10,000 to $30,000) to adopt a child from overseas. Yet, our government continues to permit the loss of over 100,000 Canadian babies every year through abortion at tax payer expense. How foolish.

In order to preserve our culture and heritage, CHP Canada is committed to strengthening our nation’s most important building block—the traditional family unit which is our foundation for healthy domestic growth. On the other hand, mass unchecked immigration is already showing its ugly consequences with thousands of fraudulent entries now being reported. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that radical Islamics are pushing their agenda of Sharia law and honour killings and can only be having a field day coming through our gates. Only CHP Canada will lead our nation in the political cultural shift necessary by growing and nurturing the population we already have. If you support the traditional family, if you believe it’s wrong to kill Canadian children for the crime of being inconvenient, if you believe in protecting the culture which has introduced and preserved the most freedom and equality the world has known, your vote for the Christian Heritage Party can be registered by joining the battle for our culture. Visit www.chp.ca to join the growing membership.