Perhaps the most famous statement in Canadian history, in hindsight, turned out to be the biggest deception spoken in the House of Commons. This 1967 statement, “The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation,” paved the way for then Justice Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau’s Omnibus Bill about a year later. The Omnibus Bill impacted Canadian Law in an unimaginable way, changing the entire fabric of Canadian culture. As change was carried along by the charisma of this man, the dangerous waters he brought us into were overlooked. A short 20 years later, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down Canada’s abortion law as unconstitutional and sent it back to Parliament. “Cowardice in the House of Commons,” as Senator Ann Cools has called it, kept our MP’s cowering under the public glare of a “woman’s right to choose,” creating the horrific reality that the most dangerous place in our nation is now the mother’s womb. Last week’s National Post article summarizes in part how that history unfolded:

The 1988 Morgentaler decision was the first big Charter case…. a five-judge majority of the Supreme Court, four men and one woman, decided that provisions of the Criminal Code regulating abortion, passed by Parliament almost 20 years earlier, were unconstitutional and of no effect. They expected that Parliament would fill the void they had created with new legislation, but Parliament failed to oblige. The result is that Canada has been left as the only Western country with no abortion laws of any sort. Both therapeutic and elective abortions are widely available, in the big cities at least. Many are paid for by provincial health plans.

Instead of returning to the status quo of 20 years prior, the Supreme Court ruling incredibly erased all protection for the unborn with the expectation that parliament would get on with doing its job. This never happened, and the unborn have been waiting vainly for over 23 years for protection. Over 100,000 babies continue to be killed every year in Canada, and, as I wrote only two weeks ago in my communiqué ‘Bloody Majority,’ this insanity must end! Where is the outcry from Canadian churches? Their silence on the slaughter of the unborn is deafening. Can it be that they too are deaf to the silent cries of over 3.5 million Canadian babies? As each new prime minister takes the helm of this great nation we expect him or her to have the courage and conviction to bring Canada back on course. Every captain requires a skilled navigator and unlike North Korea and China, the only other countries like Canada with no protection for the unborn at any stage of their development, we have the privilege of being provided with the best foundation this world can offer. Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms identifies this truth in its opening statement, “Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law” Today, the Christian Heritage Party of Canada is the only federal political vehicle left available to prolife Canadians. Those who commit to supporting and joining our team can be guaranteed our party will continue to operate to the best of our ability for the protection of all Canadians under the direction of our Supreme Navigator—so help us God.