CHP
Commentary

We’ve been hearing a lot of talk about an election this spring. One of the flaws of our First-Past-The-Post electoral system is that politicians are not forced by the electorate to cooperate and get the job of governing done.

As 2022 disappears in the rearview mirror, we who are committed to a biblical worldview and policies supportive of life, family and freedom are all too aware that our ability to speak boldly about these issues—to have open and frank discussions about them—has been . . . and remains . . . under attack.

News that China is operating five (and maybe more) illegal “police stations” in Canada—and scores, maybe hundreds world-wide—raises several very important questions.

Over the years, many folks have promised themselves that they would “turn over a new leaf” on New Years Day.

More than 2,000 years ago, in the town of Bethlehem, mankind received the greatest gift that could ever be given. The Son of God came as the Christ child—without sin, but in every other way—wrapped in human flesh.

Two weeks ago, our guest columnist, Andrew Lawton, spoke of the fact that in March 2023, Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) will be offered for the mentally ill.

The Bank of Canada, like central banks all over the world, is actively working to create and manage central bank digital currencies (CBDC), that is: “. . . virtual money backed and issued by a central bank. As cryptocurrencies and stablecoins have become more popular, the world’s central banks have realized that they need to provide an alternative—or let the future of money pass them by.” What could possibly go wrong?

In four months, barring a political miracle, people in Canada struggling with mental illness will be eligible for medically assisted deaths. It is the starkest and most dangerous expansion of access since Canada legalized assisted suicide in 2016.

Recent news stories have revealed the shocking information that money was funnelled from China to the campaigns of at least 11 federal candidates in the 2019 election. In addition to that, funds were used to directly support staff working in some of those campaigns.

Republicans had shown great hopes in recent months that there would be a “red wave” washing over both the House of Representatives and the US Senate, but they did not achieve those sanguine expectations….

In a few days, Canadians will gather around memorials and mark Remembrance Day, formerly called “Armistice Day.” Since 1919, the members of the Commonwealth have marked the signing of the Armistice Agreement that ended World War 1, November 11, at 11 a.m.—the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month.

... That truth about the deceitfulness of human nature and its tendency to compromise principles for personal gain—especially when granted authoritarian power—is manifest dramatically in our day.