CHP TALKS

My guest this week is Vince Vetro, founder and director of The Lending Journey, a micro-finance charity helping women in Ecuador and Nicaragua with loans and entrepreneurial training to enable them to start small businesses and become more financially stable, better able to feed their families. Vince describes his own journey from childhood through a business career to a life of faith and the joy...

My guest this week is James R. Coggins, a writer, editor and researcher. James lays out the hidden costs and environmental challenges of moving Canada towards EVs (Electric Vehicles). James is the author of a great article in the Winter / Spring 2022 edition of the C2C Journal , entitled: “The Future with Zero-Emission Electric Vehicles.” In our interview, he exposes the forbiddingly high costs of...

My guest this week is Angelina Ireland, President of the Delta Hospice Society (DHS). Angelina’s been on our show before. Since the BC NDP Government stole the DHS’s beautiful palliative care facility last year, Angelina and the DHS have been hard at work looking for other ways they can help vulnerable people to receive proper palliative care and comfort as they near the natural end of life. We ta...

My guest this week is Barry W. Bussey, Founder and CEO of First Freedoms Foundation (Canada). Barry is a brilliant lawyer, dedicated to defending our essential freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience and the inviolability of the person. We talk about the violation of judicial independence and we talk about the book Barry is writing about the different ways the Truckers Convoy made a pos...

My guest this week is Carla Gibson, Chair of CHP Canada’s Health and Education Policy Committee. Carla drafted some important new policies that were adopted at the CHP Policy Convention in Calgary in 2021. We discuss some of those policies, especially the ones concerned with bodily autonomy, preventive and alternative health care choices and individual and parental rights in education.   CHP Platf...

My guest this week is Mr. Jonathan Wellum, founder of Rocklinc, an investment firm dedicated to sound financial planning and wealth protection rooted in biblical ethics. He addresses the challenges of today’s inflationary trends, rising taxes and interest rates, supply shortages and government over-reach. He stresses that sound financial planning must be rooted in biblical principles and a trust i...

My guest this week is Nadine Ness, former RCMP officer, married mother of four and founder of Unified Grassroots in Saskatchewan. Nadine tells the exciting story of how her efforts to influence her local school board led to a viral video, a conversation with the Premier of Saskatchewan and the emergence of Unified Grassroots, connecting thousands of freedom-loving patriots in Saskatchewan.  You ca...

My guest this week is Ken Stouffer, who recently took on the role of Development Director for CHP Canada. Ken is presenting the CHP’s family-friendly policies and its focus on Life and Freedom as the natural outgrowth of a Christian worldview which greatly influenced Canada’s Education, Healthcare and Justice systems. We talk about the crucial role the CHP plays in bringing Christian values into p...

My two guests this week are Barry Neufeld, School Trustee for 26 years in Chilliwack, BC and his lawyer, Paul Jaffe, who will be taking their case to the Supreme Court of Canada in October. Barry is defending his reputation and his freedom of speech against the defamatory character attacks of Glen Hansman, former President of the BC Teachers’ Federation. This case is critical. If an elected school...

My guest this week is Andrew DeBartolo. I know him as a co-host of the Liberty Dispatch podcast but that is only one of his roles. He is also Director of Operations for the Liberty Coalition Canada and the Teaching Elder at Encounter Church, in Kingston Ontario. He is also husband to Kathryn; they have 3 children. In our discussion today, Andrew comments on the re-arrest of Tamara Lich, the sacrif...

My guest this week is my good friend and neighbour, Geoff Clarke, President of the Institute of Biblical Counselling International (IBCI). Geoff also is involved with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) and another organization, the Northern Hockey Lads (NHL), a friendship-evangelism project that involves teams of amateurs that travel to various countries, bringing Canadian goodwill and establishing conta...

My guest this week is Brian Atherton, a current Director and former President of the Bulkley Valley Rod and Gun Club in northern British Columbia.  Brian discusses Bill C-21 and the increasing use by the Prime Minister of Canada of OICs (Orders in Council) to push firearms restrictions without using the due process of advancing legislation through our elected representatives in Parliament.  Brian...

My special guest this week is the Honourable A. Brian Peckford, P.C., former Premier of Newfoundland and the last living First Minister who helped frame Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms through the Constitution Act of 1982. On May 28, 2022, Mr. Peckford, speaking on the steps of the B.C. Legislature, at the Reclaim Canada Conference, delivered a detailed plan to save Canada’s democracy. He...

My guest this week is Greg Hill, co-founder of Free To Fly (freetofly.ca), a group of aviation professionals and passengers speaking with one voice to push back against mandatory vaccinations as a prerequisite for travel. In our discussion today, Greg gives his perspective on the WestJet CEO’s call for the lifting of pandemic travel restrictions, the failure of the House of Commons to do that and...

This week, I give a brief report on my cross-country Leader’s Tour and some of the events we attended, the people we met and a few of the twists and turns in Canada’s political roadmap.  Learn more about CHP Canada at: https://www.chp.ca

My guest this week is Tom Harris, Executive Director of the International Climate Science Coalition – Canada. We discussed the tendency of politicians—including the current CPC leadership contestants to shy away from defending Canadian fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal) . . . in spite of a mountain of scientific evidence that puts the lie to the mainstream narrative about CO2 and climate change.  Le...

My guest this week is Annabelle Wallnau, who—with her husband, Lance Wallnau—founded Furnishing Families of Texas. She describes their work and ministry of providing furniture and other items needed desperately by families in Texas. The needs are great but Annabelle is excited about God’s great compassion and willingness to provide for those facing the challenges of poverty and other hardships. Sh...

My guest this week Vince Byfield, son of the late Ted Byfield, a powerful figure in the reform movement that shaped much of the political landscape of Western Canada in the last decades of the 20th Century and which is still impacting Canadian politics today. The Byfields—publishers of the Western Report, Alberta Report and BC Report magazine—also produced a powerful 12-volume set of hardcover boo...

My guest this week is Seth Vane, an independent photographer focused on social issues and human rights. For the past 2 years, Seth has been documenting the Freedom Movement in Canada. In early 2022, he spent 21 days in Ottawa, capturing the events on Parliament Hill from beginning to end He is currently completing a hardcover book containing his best photos of the event. You can help Seth complete...

My guest this week is Grant Abraham, another social conservative who is seeking the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada. We chatted about the Truckers Freedom Convoy, pro-life issues, the national debt, the failure of incumbent CPC MPs to challenge Bill C-4 and the importance of freedom of speech and freedom of conscience. Learn more about Grant at:  http://canadaspromise.com

My guest this week is Marc Dalton, MP for Maple Ridge-Mission and one of 11 leadership contestants vying for the top position in the Conservative Party of Canada. Another contestant with a good pro-life voting record, Mr. Dalton has recently called for a public inquiry into the vaccine mandates and other actions taken by the Liberal government in response to Covid. We invite other pro-life CPC lea...

My guest this week is Derek Sloan, well-known to social conservatives across the country. Derek currently leads the Ontario Party with a platform of Freedom, Family and Faith. Derek is a repeat guest on CHP Talks and today, he lays out his priorities for the upcoming provincial campaign. We at the Christian Heritage Party promote policies that would protect innocent human life from conception unti...

My guest this week is Joseph Bourgault, a Saskatchewan business owner who has decided to add his name to the growing list of leadership contestants vying for the top position in the Conservative Party of Canada. We are interested in the views and plans of all those seeking leadership who—like Mr. Bourgault—are willing to express pro-life views, since the Conservative party itself has a policy indi...

My guest this week is Kris Sims, one of our favourite contributors when it comes to explaining foolish government overspending and ineffective fiscal management. Kris is the BC Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and brings a wealth of practical wisdom to the table. Her own work ethic and her vast experience as a journalist helps Canadians understand the issues around government overrea...

My guest this week is Aaron Rock—Lead Pastor at Harvest Bible Church in Windsor Ontario. We discuss the pressures, fines and threats he and his church have faced as a result of their determination to meet regularly for worship during the various lockdowns and government-imposed restrictions since covid-19 became a part of our lives in 2020. We also discuss a scriptural approach to government edict...