Well, colour me shocked.
It turns out there’s a party running in our federal election who I am even more opposed to than the ReformConservatives.
Yes, I just found out today about the Christian Heritage Party.
Apparently they’ve been around since 1988, but they’ve never even showed up on my radar before. Since they’ve usually only run candidates in less than 1/6 of the ridings in the country, it’s possible I’ve never had a CHP candidate in my riding before–or maybe I did and just didn’t notice.
Anyway, I noticed a sign today in my riding (Halifax West) for a CHP candidate, so I had to look up some information on them.
You can take a look if you’re interested. It’s good for either a “point and laugh at the Jesuslanders” or an “interesting how they spin the issues” (especially on their policy comparison chart).
This bit of the Wikipedia summary pretty much wrapped it up for me:
It also claims to be Canada’s only pro-life federal political party, and emphasizes that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms acknowledges “God” (in its members’ interpretation meaning the Judeo-Christian God) in its preamble. Other policies include staunch opposition to same sex marriage, staunch support for the US-led war in Iraq, and a subsidy for parents raising children, to encourage one parent to stay at home rather than working.
Yeah, those are not people I ever want represented, much less governing. Fortunately, their populate vote percentage, which started at 3.5% in the ridings they ran in, has shrunk since their formation to around 1% in the ridings they run in. I’m actually a little disappointed, if not surprised, that 1 in 100 voters apparently wants Canada to join Jesusland.
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October 7th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
I’ve also just noticed their signs around here. There everywhere, in all the ridings around K/W. Where do these people come from?
October 7th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Even Canada’s nutcake conservatives are more socialist than ours. The US version would want the mother to stay home without “a handout” from the government.
October 7th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I knew I didn’t trust the look of that Jack Layton… To see what I mean follow the link to the comparison chart in the main post and look at the “Age of consent” comparison
October 7th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Silver lining: You know, if they suck votes away from the Conservative Party, I’m pretty good with that.
October 7th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
George: I believe they breed quickly, especially in dank, isolated areas.
Will: Agreed.
Biff: I know you’re joking, but I think it’s kind of embarrassing for Canada that we have anything more than an “age of consent”. Either you’re adult enough to make the call, or you’re not; what you choose to stick where shouldn’t play into it.
Alex: Once again, you have crystallized my thoughts completely.
A weird aside about sucking votes away from the Conservatives, though: if you look at the polls, it’s pretty obvious that the Cons aren’t losing votes to the Liberals. It actually looks like they’re switching to the NDP. I am not complaining about the result, but this utterly baffles me, and also reinforces my underlying convictions about some people’s basic qualifications for the duties of citizenship.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:04 am
I wonder if it’s a jump from Tory to NDP, or if it’s a simultaneous shift from Tory to Lib and Lib to to NDP. Probably, it’s both.