比尔C51: 带走你在加拿大天然保健品的权利…

Vitamins Minerals & Herbs Illegal in Canada? Bill C-51
(proposed changes to the Food and Drug Act): If you want to be able to take vitamins and
herbs to help maintain your health, then it is time for you to act,…this
outrageous covert Big Brother government maneuver must be made public and
stopped. In Canada the law making
process takes place in a public forum with our elected officials voting
for or against them. They are held accountable to the public for their
决定. If Bill C-51 passes, it will allow laws (with ‘Draconian’ penalties) to be created
behind closed doors, by government agents (in the pockets of Big
Pharmaceutical companies and international trade groups i.e. NAFTA) 谁
may not have our best interests in mind. 例如
1. 75% of natural health products will be
unable to obtain license for sale, therefore rendering them illegal
& discontinued.
– all other Natural Health Products will be placed in the same
category as drugs (‘therapeutic products’) making them only available
through prescription (即. ‘please doctor, could I get some vitamin C?“)
– either lack of products to sell, or the yearly fees per product ($300-$500 每) will put most manufacturers or distributors (except big Pharmaceutical) of natural products out of business (即. 500 products X $500/yr = $250,000/yr!)
– be sure and close the drapes if you plan to give your child an herbal remedy or have some peppermint tea (见 #2).
– this is all being done in the name of safety, even though there has
NEVER been a documented case of death due to vitamins or minerals.

2. WITHOUT a warrant, government inspectors will be able to (all just for growing or having your own herbs, 维生素, or minerals):
– enter your private property
– take your natural products (garlic and blueberries?) and seize your bank account
– levy ‘Draconian’ fines up to 5,000,000 and/or seek 2 年监禁

Websites to visit for more information:
銈://stopc51.com
銈://hans.org

Sign this online petition:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-C51

What people NEED to do:

1) Contact your Member of Parliament ASAP.

You can send your letters (no postage required) 到:
(Name of person)
House of Commons
渥太华, 开
K1A 0A6

This bill is being pushed through faster than it can be
reviewed, and there is good reason. 在
the month of April the House of Commons had the first sitting to discuss the
条例草案, and as of the beginning of May they are already in the second
sitting! One might go as far as to say
that it seems there are unwholesome interests being served with many of these
proposed changes to the Food and Drug Act.
电话, fax, or e-mail your Member of Parliament ASAP (info below), 和
let them know how you feel, fact is, most of them do not even know what is
happening!

The following is just a glimpse:

1. Every natural product seller must licence EACH product
and pay a fee to renew this each year.
The proposed fees will do nothing but sink small companies that cannot
afford this, thus leaving only large companies (即. pharmaceutical) to hold
the key to our natural health! 同
already existing NHP Act, over 60% of the products that have already gone
through application for licensure have not passed! How are they determining this, and what is
going to be left when all is said and done?

2. 语. Changing
all natural health products and drugs (anything other than food) to ‘therapeutic
products’. The last time Canadians spoke
out against the NHPD (natural health products directorate) proposals it turned
out to be the biggest outcry by the people in Canadian history. It was definitely heard when Canadians said ‘don’t treat our foods as drugs’,…and hence
a 3rd category was developed, 食物, 药物, & NHP (natural health product). NOW, with the proposed change in language
(anything other than food falling under ‘therapeutic product’) do you think the
same outcry would hold the same weight, ‘don’t
treat our natural health products as therapeutic products’,…doesn’t quite
hold the same rallying weight does it!
They are praying on simple advertising principles to make argument
difficult and to throw off the public.

2. The definition of the term ‘selling‘ within the Act will also change. It seems it will open the door to prosecuting naturopathic,
homeopathic, Traditional Chinese medicine, and other healthcare practitioners
for prescribing natural medicine. 如
好, as ridiculous as it sounds, a parent that gives their child a natural
remedy could have legal action taken against them.

3. Controlled activity.
This seems to limit prescription of natural health products to properly
licenced practitioners, taking away freedom from the public. It also seems that
an amendment to the act may be targeting farming practices and regulating who
can process, collect, and preserve.

4. Change to the definition of ‘government’. They are adjusting the meaning of this word
to include international organization of states, 即. the ‘United Nations’ 和
organization alike would have influence in the way we govern ourselves. 该
truly scary part of this, is this same amendment proposes to allow regulations
to become law without Parliamentary approval!

5. Product monographs (detailed descriptions) will now
become part of the natural product label
(did I mention, even if it is not actually physically attached to the product!).
Therefore if a monograph from a manufacturing company disagrees with the Health
Canada version, there may be room for prosecution, quite possibly to the
manufacturer and the people selling the product.

6. Government appointed inspectors (university students?) 会
have the power to enter your home or place of business, at any time,
and if they find a controlled herb (即. dandelion leaves), you could
be in big trouble. The new penalties are: for summary conviction
offences a fine of up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment of up to 6 months for a
first offence, and a fine of up to $500,000 and/or up to 18 months of
incarceration for subsequent offences, 和, For indictable offences a fine of
最多 $5,000,000 and/or imprisonment of up to 2 年. These are penalties that few manufacturers or
natural health practitioners could survive. Small and medium manufacturers
along with natural health practitioners now face bankruptcy for violations of
the Act or Regulations.

This is just scratching the surface,…As well these are my
interpretations. Please take the time to
pass this along or do more research on your own. We must raise awareness.