"When a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" is a philosophical riddle.

"If pro-life lobby groups speak out and the government ignores it, have they spoken?" is a moral question faced by both Canadians and Americans.

The many years of dedication and hard work put in by our pro-life lobby groups on both sides of the Canada/US border continue to be blatantly ignored. Only last year Canadian pro-life groups received an undeserved slap in the face when the centrepiece of the Canadian system of honours was awarded to abortionist Henry Morgentaler.

Yesterday, US President Obama opened the door to direct taxpayer funding for embryonic stem-cell research reversing a decision made by his predecessor George W. Bush. CHP Canada condemns this decision but sadly admits that, under the current Canadian administration, Obama's decision could have him considered for an honorary "Order of Canada".

Obama's reversal encourages the destruction of human embryos and it puts him on equal footing with Henry Morgentaler.

Why is nothing being accomplished? Our Members of Parliament are being told to close their ears and their mouths simply because these hot issues could threaten their electability. I personally cannot understand how they can sleep at night when, while they sleep, 92 Canadian babies die.

Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth may have actually struck one nail on the head when he said, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon him not understanding it."

It's a lot of hard work to be elected as a Member of Parliament; what a tragedy to know you'll be muzzled when you get there! When MPs stand in parliament to speak their convictions on these hot issues, they need encouragement and support from their party—not the threat of being fired.

There is only one sure way to wake up parliamentarians and that is—to REPLACE them.

CHP Canada is the only federal political party whose aim is to have our candidates elected as MPs, to replace those now sitting in the House of Commons who are muzzled by their parties; to have ardently pro-life MPs who will stand up and debate these important issues. A CHP Member of Parliament will not be disciplined for doing so, because these issues are part of our Better Solutions. CHP MPs will receive the much-needed encouragement and support of an entire team working behind the scenes for them.

These are difficult issues! Encouragement and support is what our MPs deserve and require; they don't deserve being muzzled: they don't deserve the threat of being fired. Why do Canadians send MPs to parliament under those conditions, and expect results?

CHP Canada provides Canadians with a federal political option based on the principles that founded this country and a party that won't compromise this position as we grow in power.

CHP Canada is a political voice; we remain committed and determined, and await the day that Canadians realise our potential to deliver their political voice to the House of Commons.

The lack of ANY law restricting abortion and government support for embryonic stem cell research are two sides of the same coin: moral failure on the part of government. The parties now in power have clearly told us where they stand.

The solution is not complicated; it needs only to be communicated in the right venue: Canada's Parliament.