AMHERST - The leader of the Christian Heritage Party will be a candidate when voters in Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley go to the polls this fall to elect a replacement for longtime MP Bill Casey.
Jim Hnatiuk, voted to lead the party at its national convention in London, Ont. last November, is a resident of Enfield who owns the province's largest hunting and fishing store in Lantz.
After 25 years in the combat systems engineering department of the Canadian Forces, Hnatiuk attained the rank of chief petty officer first class and retired with a certificate of service and Canadian declaration.
Since retirement, Hnatiuk has run three times as a CHP federal candidate in Nova Scotia. As a former resident of Kings-Hants, Hnatiuk ran against Scott Brison in 2004 and 2008 and South Shore-St. Margaret's against Gerald Keddy in 2006.
"My drive is fuelled by my passion for the two-parent family unit. It is what builds a community and builds our country and I look forward to standing firm on these issues and others in the House of Commons for Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley residents. The Harper government has all but abandoned social and fiscal conservatives. The CHP and I will not," he said.
With over 6,000 members nationwide, the CHP today is the sixth largest federal political party in Canada. Hnatiuk said the party is small 'C' conservative, believing in smaller government, less taxes, balanced budgets against socialism and is pro free market. The CHP believes in the right to gun ownership for trained, law abiding citizens and would do away with the costly long gun registry.
As a committed Christian, he is pro-life and stands for traditional marriage between one man and one woman, as do all candidates of the CHP.
