CHP TALKS

Rod and Peter speak with Chilliwack School Board Trustee, Barry Neufeld, on the need for Christians to engage in politics—both as voters and as candidates—especially in local school boards. Barry addresses the ‘conversion therapy’ bans, the abusive nature of SOGI-123 and the gap in understanding between responsible voters who hold traditional moral views and so-called ‘progressives.’

Rod and Peter speak with Dr. Charles Lugosi, lawyer for defendant Mary Wagner. Mary has spent over 6 years in jail for peacefully attempting to save lives at abortion clinics. On Feb. 18, the SCoC rejected her case  . . . which began in 2012. By refusing to hear the evidence, the Court sided with the abortion industry.

Rhys Williams, CHP’s Foreign Affairs Critic, speaks with Rod and Peter about Canada’s interactions with China’s Communist Party. They discuss the massive trade imbalance, our export of raw resources to a country with such low environmental standards and the persecution faced by religious and ethnic minorities in the Peoples’ Republic. Rhys is an ESL online tutor, a CHP candidate and a part of CHP’...

Angelina Ireland, President of the Delta Hospice Society, discusses with Rod Taylor and Peter Vogel the imminent expropriation of the Irene Thomas Hospice. She explains that the BC Government has declared war on every palliative care provider unless they agree to have MAiD (euthanasia / assisted suicide) performed in their facilities. She connects these developments with Bill C-7, the federal bill...

Kris Sims, BC Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) speaks with Rod and Peter about the disastrous impacts of Trudeau’s ‘Great Reset’ orientation and his fixation on crushing Canada’s energy sector with unbearable carbon taxes. Kris explores the loss of resource-based jobs and breaks out Canada’s trillion-dollar debt and the burden being created for generations of taxpayers to come.

Natalie Sonnen brings us up to date on Bill C-7, the Government move to extend euthanasia and assisted suicide to more groups of vulnerable people in Canada; if passed by the Senate, C-7 will remove the few safeguards which were included in Canada’s first MAiD legislation less than five years ago. It does nothing to promote palliative care or protect conscience rights for doctors. Natalie also dis...

Leading Influence’s Founder and National Director Tim Schindel joins Rod Taylor and Peter Vogel to talk about the stresses and strains common to elected Members of Parliament and Provincial Legislators and how he and his team minister to elected officials in non-partisan recognition of the deep spiritual needs of all people, including those in places of influence and power.  

CHP’s National Leader and Deputy Leader review the recent decision by Erin O’Toole to kick former leadership contender Derek Sloan out of the Conservative caucus in the House. A flimsy excuse to purge a courageous social conservative seems likely to damage the CPC brand and shrink the Big Blue Tent.  

Jim Enos (CHP Ontario President, CEO of CHP Hamilton Mountain and Pres. of the Hamilton-Wentworth Family Action Council) speaks with Rod Taylor and Peter Vogel on the attempted censorship by the City of Guelph of three messages scheduled to be displayed by Guelph and Area Right to Life society on city buses. CHP Canada is seeking intervenor status in this judicial review and is currently accepting...

David Cooke, National Campaigns Manager for Campaign Life Coalition and former Executive Director of CitizenGO Canada, discusses Bills C-6 and C-7 with Rod Taylor and Peter Vogel. He tells how concerned citizens can advocate for justice with their MPs and Senators and talks a little bit about his new book, Four Pillars: Building the Church in an Age of Decline.

CHP Leader, Rod Taylor and Deputy Leader, Peter Vogel, review the year behind and project a glimpse of CHP activities in 2021. They discuss the rescheduled CHP Convention, candidate training plans, a projected Spring Leader’s Tour and the not-so-unlikely prospect of a federal election sometime in the coming year.

CHP Canada Staff join us on CHP TALKS to review events of 2020 and to extend Christmas greetngs to all our members, friends and supporters. Greetings come from  Rod Taylor (CHP National Leader), Peter Vogel (Deputy Leader and Development Director), Vicki Gunn (Executive Director) and George Zekveld (CHP National Administrative Assistant). We wish every one of you and your families very special Chr...

Dr. Ann Gillies speaks with Rod Taylor and Peter Vogel about the dangerous myths surrounding sexual identity and gender expression, and the counselling of those who are seeking to reduce in themselves the actions and feelings of unwanted same-sex attraction. With 25 years of counselling experience, Dr. Gillies brings a fresh professional perspective to this emotionally-charged topic. On Bill C-6,...

CHP TALKS: Mark Donnelly Sings ‘O Canada’ at BC Freedom Rally Mark Donnelly is well-known and much appreciated for using his great voice to lead the singing of ‘O Canada’ at the opening of hockey games for the Vancouver Canucks from 2001 until a few days ago. On Dec. 4, 2020, he was severed from his role by team owner, Francesco Aquilini who announced it on his Twitter feed. The reason for his sud...

 Tanya Gaw and her organization, Action4Canada, are hard at work educating Canadians on the danger of allowing provincial politicians and public health officers to restrict freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom of assembly and freedom of conscience. She speaks with Rod Taylor and Peter Vogel on the need for Christians to protect and defend our God-given rights against the intrusions of th...

Angelina Ireland speaks with Rod Taylor and Peter Vogel about the battle to preserve life and the high standards of palliative care in BC. Angelina is the President of the Delta Hospice Society, which operates the Irene Thomas Hospice in Delta. They have come under attack by the BC Government which has used high-pressure bullying tactics to attempt to coerce them to provide MAiD (Assisted Suicide)...

Chris Cowie is Chair of the Waterloo Regional Crime Prevention Council. He is a past President of the Ontario Association of Community Correctional Residences. He has worked with young offenders and has collaborated with the Community Justice Initiatives organization. He spoke with Rod Taylor and Peter Vogel on the topic of Restorative Justice.

 Dr. Irving Hexham is a Full Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Calgary. He spoke with Rod Taylor and Peter Vogel on the impact of Christianity on Western culture, highlighting his research into the “embedding” of Christianity into Germany’s politics and government institutions following WW II. Dr. Hexham’s life story and academic accomplishments, his writings and research are ref...

Joe Boonstra, longtime CHP member and a survivor of the Nazi occupation of Holland, speaks with Rod Taylor about his remembrances of the occupation, about the risks his family took in protecting Jewish people in their home, the liberation of his village by Canadian soldiers and the importance of defending freedom today.

RCAF veteran Jack Dekok speaks with Rod Taylor and Peter Vogel about the liberation of his town in Holland by Canadian soldiers and his subsequent immigration to Canada and service in the Royal Canadian Air force. Jack and his wife, Mary, have been married for 55 years.

Judi Johnston Vankevich, well-known as the Manners Lady and as a gifted entertainer, speaks with Rod Taylor and Peter Vogel on the importance of manners in politics and in Canada’s cultural heritage. She emphasizes the need to inspire and encourage young people to get involved in politics at all levels and to bring godly principles to bear in every sphere. 

Dan Stuart of Houston, BC and Dee Kranz of Prince George, two CHP candidates in the provincial election talk with Rod Taylor (also a Northern BC candidate) and with Peter Vogel, CHP Canada’s Deputy Leader and Development Director about the BC election, now winding down with only two more days until voting on Saturday, October 24.

Laura-Lynn Thompson, CHP-BC Leader and MLA candidate in Abbotsford South, speaks with Rod Taylor and Peter Vogel about the BC Election, her campaign in Abbotsford South, the need and opportunity for representing sound moral principles during this campaign and her response to the ridiculous question posed to some of the other party leaders in the televised leaders’ debate. 

CHP Talks: October 8, 2020. Aeriol Alderking, CHP-BC candidate in Abbotsford-Mission, speaks with Peter Vogel and Rod Taylor about her candidacy and her concerns. Government-instigated sterilization of indigenous peoples and other minorities is a big concern.

Oct.1, 2020: Joseph Quesnel, noted journalist and commentator on Indigenous issues, joins Peter Vogel and Rod Taylor to give a bit of a history lesson and to discuss how Canada can move forward with modern treaties and revision or replacement of the Indian Act. Joseph is of Metis background and has written extensively on this topic for the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, the Drum / First Perspe...