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Ron: I was a candidate for the CHP in British Columbia in the 1988 election. I did not run in the 1993 election. My father and my stepmother were both dying and we brought them home from California to live with us. We were simply busy taking care of them. I became the leader of the party in November of 1995 at the convention that was held in London. I took office January 1st 1996. We moved from British Columbia to Quebec in the summer of 1997. I realized that: as the leader of a national party, it was essential that I become bilingual and also have a comprehension of the culture of Quebec.

Brian: So then, since 1995 you've been full-time in the political arena?

Ron: I'm fond of saying its a half time job. I can work any 12 hours a day that I like.

Brian: What got you involved in the political system?

Ron: I've always been interested in politics. As a journalist, it was my favorite indoor sport. But I never thought of getting directly involved until some people in Chiliwack, B.C. asked me to be their candidate. They asked three times and I only said no twice.

Brian: What would you say is the greatest challenge of being the Leader of the Christian Heritage Party?

Ron: I would think that the greatest challenge we face is a misunderstanding among Christians of what we are seeking to do. Not much of our news gets out in the secular media. The media is getting better. We are beginning to break through their preconceptions. Still it is a barrier and because they don't carry the news and most Christians get their news from secular media, there is a misunderstanding about us.

For example there are people who think that our goal is to be Ayatollahs and convert the nation at the point of a sword. Of course that is no part of our work, In fact, converting our nation is not our work, it is the work of the church. I feel very strongly that both civil government and the church are both ordained of God and they are distinct spheres, but they are complementary. The work of the civil government is to maintain peace and order, an environment in which the church is able to do its work. So that is the relationship between civil government and church. The relationship between church and civil government; I think it is clear that God never intended the church to wield the coercive powers of government, to bear the sword. But the church does have a responsibility to be the conscience of the

To me the supremacy of God means heeding His decisions, His ideas in what is right and what is wrong, what is just and unjust ought to be at the core of how the nation is governed. To me that means that any law that has been passed, any court judgment that has been administered that ignores His standards is unconstitutional, if supremacy means anything at all.

So for example in the M vs. H decision, that says that spouse can mean people of the same sex living in a conjugal relationship and especially the import of that decision which orders the elected legislatures to change their laws is unconstitutional. That is wrong.

The Supreme Court of British Columbia decision that says you have a right to possess child pornography. That is simply unconstitutional because it neglects the standards that are at the foundation of the nation. I'm not saying that this nation was ever at some golden era a Christian nation.

Peter Ellis, President of the Ontario Council of the Christian Heritage Party

Dominion Day 1999 saw a visit to our home by Christian Heritage party Leader Ron Gray and his wife Janet. In the afternoon as 25 Riding Presidents and spouses came from far and wide to a Strawberry Social. An evening meeting of 25 local members and friends also came to hear Ron Gray. This (dv) will lead to the development of a Riding Association in Waterloo-Wellington.

Before our National Leader spoke to the presidents, we sang lustily our royal and national anthems. Yours truly proposed a toast to the Queen and Canada. As I have thought about "O Canada" since then, two lines have impressed me strongly. The first, "We stand on guard for thee" involves the Christian's political work. The second, "God keep our !and glorious and free"expresses what must be his constant prayer.

Part of the Christian's calling while on this earth is to a political witness, to stand on guard in his nation for righteousness sake. Our standing on guard is ever an active duty, not a passive option. The vision and work of the CHP calls for our enthusiastic and joyful commitment. Over the next two years our focus must be on reaching fellow Christians with the challenge of CHP membership and financial support as we prepare for the next federal election.

Hand in hand with our work goes our prayer, "God keep our land glorious and free." Our trust is in the sovereign Lord God who has commissioned us to our political work. We must pray daily in our private as well as our family prayers that our great God will preserve and increase in this Dominion the blessings of freedom and peace; that more and more the Lord Jesus shall reign in the public life of Canada so that this land shall indeed be a glorious land!

The United Nations has recently identified Canada as the best country in the world in which to live. If we have a failing, it is the treatment of our poor. Many hide behind this dubious distinction as a way to avoid political and social involvement.

Our federal debt was great from the Second World War. By about 1958 we managed to pay it off. Consider the freedom which arises from being debt-free. All Canadians at some point in their lifetime should be debt-free. This is no longer likely for Canada as we have been living far beyond our means. We have supported and continue to support suspicious causes. Look at the recent discovery of millions of dollars being invested in Jean Chretien's riding. We see a need for fairness and sound moral judgment.

Our national debt of 650 billion dollars would require a payment of roughly $20,000 from each man, woman and child in Canada. Those who wish to pay their share should contact Revenue Canada. From 1958 and especially during the Trudeau years, the federal debt climbed to huge proportions. We can only imagine how much diversion of funds was necessary to achieve our present level of monetary enslavement.

Funding for causes which oppose Biblical scriptures, the teachings of Jesus and long term common sense are still entrenched in opposition to Family values. The traditional family created and blessed by God is increasingly being eroded by people who do not comprehend what true family means. In the National Post of Saturday May 22, 1999, David From made the following statement. "The shift from marriage to a regime of easy divorce and cohabitation has meant that fewer than half the Canadian children born this year will reach the age of 18 with both their father and mother continuously present in their home. These children are between 200% and 300% more likely to grow up poor than their married counterparts. They are more likely to get into trouble with the law, to drop out of school, to use illegal drugs, and to be single parents themselves."

Better one step made in sincerity of conscience than to be lead by a minority seeking to fulfill their own interests.

The Guelph-Wellington Federal Riding Association

Pres: 41 Huron St., Guelph N1E 5L3
Treas: R.R.#7, Guelph N1H 6J4

Dear C.H.P. friends,

The resolution of the Twp of Front of Leeds and Landsdowne to reinstate Bible reading and prayers in Canadian schools, apparently sent to all municipalities, has caused a lot of commotion and stirred many pens into action. Many people were and are in favour although I sometimes doubt the motives, many also are against it for all kinds of reasons.

If it were not so serious it would have been hilarious to see and read all the adjectives used to accuse the Christians. The father of lies must have had a heyday. "The pot calls the kettle black" came to my mind, but this was worse.

Christians were accused of everything the opposers were and are guilty of themselves. Brainwashing, intolerance, bible thumpers, moving forward to the medieval age, all the things the devil's disciples have been using for ages.

I don't like most of the arguments the "pros" used either but I will refrain from criticizing them at this time. Perhaps next month.

Yours faithfully,

 H. Metzlar

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