Kamloops This Week: Christian Heritage Party leader eyes Tory votes

[tuvor]

The Christian Heritage Party (CHP) is hoping be to the Tories what the Green party has been to the Grits.

CHP Leader Jim Hnatiuk believes the Greens on the left have siphoned votes from the Liberals in the last couple of federal elections — and his party intends to mirror that success on the right against the Conservatives.

To get the ball rolling on the monumental task, Hnatiuk is on a Western tour that stops in Kamloops on Saturday, April 17.

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He said the Tories under Prime Minister Stephen Harper have moved away from their social and fiscal roots, in part in an ongoing effort to win a majority government.

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http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_thompson_nicola/kamloopsthisweek/news/90963649.html

[ZeitgeistObserver]

1. More power to him!

They tried to ride the Conservative coattails into office, because they couldn't get anywhere on their own, and now that hasn't worked they're separating again. I wish them the same success as last time. :)

[daleo]

2. This could split the right wing vote

Nobody thought much of the Reform Party at first, either.

[ZeitgeistObserver]

4. Been around since the 80s though,

and are mostly refugee SoCreds.

[daleo]

5. I know a middle aged couple that vote for them

Or did at any rate. It was a church thing. Some religious voters could peel off from the Conservatives, if it looks like they aren't sufficiently upstanding in their behavior (e.g. Jaffer/Guergis). This could be their goto party. It's a long shot, but so was Reform.

[ZeitgeistObserver]

6. One can only hope!

The crowd at FD sees Harper as a leftie, and want him replaced. So maybe they'll go with CHP this next time and split the vote.

[daleo]

7. That would be regrettable

To somebody out there, I guess.

[CHIMO]

3. Canadian Teabaggers To Me

"Let's take back Canada," says party leader

Jim Hnatiuk, leader of the Christian Heritage Party, spoke before 17 people at the Morinville curling rink Monday night as part of his tour of western Canada. The son of a blacksmith, Hnatiuk has led the party since 2008 and lives in Nova Scotia where he is a deacon of the Emmanuel Baptist Church.

He also criticized Harper for agreeing to follow the Americans’ lead on climate change. “Canadians will be paying a carbon tax under the guise of cap and trade,” he said. “Does this mean our government has bought into the global warming hoax?”

When asked how his party would have handled the recent economic slump, Hnatiuk said he would not have bailed out the big three automakers despite the job losses that would cause. “They should have been recession proof.”

When asked what evidence he had that climate change was a hoax, he said that the famous Michael Mann “hockey stick” graph (which shows strong correlation between rising temperatures and CO2 levels) had been disproven and referred to the “Climategate” e-mails, which critics say show scientists manipulated climate data. “It begs one to question, where is the debate?” He also referenced literature published by the Fraser Institute.

http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/20100414/SAG0801/304149977/quot-lets-take-back-canadaquot-says-party-leader

Wonder who is sponsering the tour?

[edwinmathews]

8. The CHP

have been running an Elvis impersonator in my riding the last 2 elections .