physique
10-11-2011, 09:10 AM
If Health Canada gets its way, this act could very well wipe out all your favorite supplements you currenlt enjoy and cost some of us our livelihood.
CHARTER OF HEALTH FREEDOM PETITION
As of today, the NHPPA has received 81 584 signatures for the Charter of Health Freedom petition. And this is without running a national campaign! Look for our Charter of Health Freedom national petition drive coming soon. Thank you to all of you who have sent in a petition and those who send petitions in on a continual basis. If you have not already, please read our Paper vs On-Line Petitions post on our website. Your commitment to the Charter of Health Freedom shows dedication and determination to see this proposed legislation become a reality. There is no deadline so keep on collecting signatures for the Charter of Health Freedom.
CLICK HERE to download and print the Charter petition.
HANS EXCERPT: PERSPECTIVES ON THE NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCT REGULATIONS AND LICENSING CRISIS
by Natural Health Products Protection Association
Source: Health Action, Fall 2011
An excerpt from NHPPA's MP package was recently re-printed in Health Action Magazine.
CLICK HERE to see the Fall 2011 HANS reprinted excerpt.
CLICK HERE for the complete MP package on NHPPA's website.
NOVEMBER 5 2011 RADIO INTERVIEW WITH SHAWN BUCKLEY | NOW ON OUR WEBSITE
If you missed the Saturday November 5 2011 interview with Shawn on Lisa Live CLICK HERE to listen to the 45 minute interview
Here is an excerpt of the interview where Shawn speaks about his client Strauss Heart Drops who was charged with practicing medicine without a licence. This file led Shawn to understand why Health Canada removing products from the market, is dangerous.
[Find audio at 10:10 playing time on the Webcast]
"And in preparing for that I wanted to show the court that he was telling the truth. And what happened was, obviously he was a little herbalist at the time, there were no double blind clinical studies or anything like that. But he gave me literally thousands of letters that people wrote just saying, listen I had heart disease, I took your heart drops and I got well. Now I couldn't use those letters, as evidence in court because that's what's called hearsay. But I could call the authors of the letters. And so in preparing for the trial, on the trial day, I actually had five middle class professionals, who had all had heart disease, they had all had at least one open heart by-pass surgery, they all then continued to have heart disease because the mainstream system wasn't addressing why their arteries were clogging, and they all needed another open heart by-pass surgery to survive.
And here's where they differed, a couple of them were not willing to go through it again, they had had so many complications, and it would just buy them a short period of time anyways so they just said "No. Sorry I am not doing that, I would just rather die." And a couple of the others were just too weak that the doctors ethically couldn't put them through the surgery, they weren't likely to survive. All of them were not into natural health but now the mainstream system was a dead end for them. So they all turned to the natural health community, they all came across these heart drops, usually through a naturopathic doctors, and they all became well, they all went back to work, none of them had been able to work.
And that experience changed my thinking because when I was acting for Health Canada against this herbalist, I had what really is a mainstream view that if something isn't regulated by the government then it shouldn't be allowed on the market. I mean if I said, now I'm just going to dramatize here:
"Do you mean that some rogue herbalist could sell something that is unapproved of by Health Canada? Doesn't that sound dangerous?
That's the mind set I had. But in preparing for that trial I had to come to the exact opposite conclusion about those heart drops. The danger was removing them from the market. And at the time, this was about twelve years ago, I could have given you the names, addresses and phone numbers of literally thousands of Canadians whose lives depended on those heart drops. And it forced me to do a re-think, because for them, Health Canada's actions in trying to take them away actually presented an extremely significant danger, and it raised in my mind for the first time, wait a second, people have to be able to take responsibility for their own health. It's fine for the government to educate us, and watch out for the things that are truly dangerous but to say you can't have something because we haven't approved it, when your life depends on it, is a very different issue. And that's what woke me up to it, was actually that experience. And so ironically, it was Health Canada that created that experience."
SHAWN'S NEW WHOLE LIFE EXPO LECTURE: SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27 NOVEMBER 2011
If you are in Toronto, mark the date in your calendars! You will have an opportunity to speak personally with Shawn on all three days of the show: Friday November 25, Saturday November 26, and Sunday November 27 at booth 176. Please visit us and sign the Charter of Health Freedom petition, contribute to the legal challenge, talk with a NHPPA team member and pick up new material to distribute.
Manufacturers, retailers, distributors, practitioners, media and colleagues... you are warmly welcome to stop by if you have any questions about the NHP Regulations, NHPPA's campaigns or where we are at with any of our initiatives. If you would like to meet with Shawn personally while he is in town please do not hesitate to call Julia Rickert at 416.906.6974 before November 18, to arrange a time.
Shawn is on from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. on Sunday in the Lecture Hall 104
OCCUPY YOUR BODY! A NATIONAL PROTEST AGAINST REGULATIONS THAT FORCE NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS OFF THE MARKET AND RESTRICT PERSONAL HEALTH FREEDOMS
with Shawn Buckley, constitutional and criminal lawyer; president of the Natural Health Products Protection Association
Freedom of choice vs. government control in health care is a debate that has turned into a movement! Shawn Buckley sparked immediate action when he alerted Canadians to Health Canada's decision to criminalize vitamins, minerals, herbals and traditional natural health products.
CLICK HERE and scroll down until you find Shawn's info to read more about the lecture!
DONATE TODAY
If you'd like to see us continue our work, and move forward with our initiatives, we need your ongoing financial support.
Most public actions can only continue with massed regular financial support. We have only started but will need thousands of people to support our work now while we take your interests as far as necessary for resolution, up to and including the Supreme Court of Canada.
We rely solely on public and industry funding for our work.
CLICK HERE to view the funds we have to date.
Protecting access,
Natural Health Products Protection Association
#2-953 Laval Crescent, Kamloops, BC V2C 5P4 P: 250.377.4930 F: 250.377.4990
E: info@nhppa.org W: www.nhppa.org & www.charterofhealthfreedom.org
Join NHPPA on Facebook | Follow NHPPA on Twitter | Watch us on YouTube
CHARTER OF HEALTH FREEDOM PETITION
As of today, the NHPPA has received 81 584 signatures for the Charter of Health Freedom petition. And this is without running a national campaign! Look for our Charter of Health Freedom national petition drive coming soon. Thank you to all of you who have sent in a petition and those who send petitions in on a continual basis. If you have not already, please read our Paper vs On-Line Petitions post on our website. Your commitment to the Charter of Health Freedom shows dedication and determination to see this proposed legislation become a reality. There is no deadline so keep on collecting signatures for the Charter of Health Freedom.
CLICK HERE to download and print the Charter petition.
HANS EXCERPT: PERSPECTIVES ON THE NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCT REGULATIONS AND LICENSING CRISIS
by Natural Health Products Protection Association
Source: Health Action, Fall 2011
An excerpt from NHPPA's MP package was recently re-printed in Health Action Magazine.
CLICK HERE to see the Fall 2011 HANS reprinted excerpt.
CLICK HERE for the complete MP package on NHPPA's website.
NOVEMBER 5 2011 RADIO INTERVIEW WITH SHAWN BUCKLEY | NOW ON OUR WEBSITE
If you missed the Saturday November 5 2011 interview with Shawn on Lisa Live CLICK HERE to listen to the 45 minute interview
Here is an excerpt of the interview where Shawn speaks about his client Strauss Heart Drops who was charged with practicing medicine without a licence. This file led Shawn to understand why Health Canada removing products from the market, is dangerous.
[Find audio at 10:10 playing time on the Webcast]
"And in preparing for that I wanted to show the court that he was telling the truth. And what happened was, obviously he was a little herbalist at the time, there were no double blind clinical studies or anything like that. But he gave me literally thousands of letters that people wrote just saying, listen I had heart disease, I took your heart drops and I got well. Now I couldn't use those letters, as evidence in court because that's what's called hearsay. But I could call the authors of the letters. And so in preparing for the trial, on the trial day, I actually had five middle class professionals, who had all had heart disease, they had all had at least one open heart by-pass surgery, they all then continued to have heart disease because the mainstream system wasn't addressing why their arteries were clogging, and they all needed another open heart by-pass surgery to survive.
And here's where they differed, a couple of them were not willing to go through it again, they had had so many complications, and it would just buy them a short period of time anyways so they just said "No. Sorry I am not doing that, I would just rather die." And a couple of the others were just too weak that the doctors ethically couldn't put them through the surgery, they weren't likely to survive. All of them were not into natural health but now the mainstream system was a dead end for them. So they all turned to the natural health community, they all came across these heart drops, usually through a naturopathic doctors, and they all became well, they all went back to work, none of them had been able to work.
And that experience changed my thinking because when I was acting for Health Canada against this herbalist, I had what really is a mainstream view that if something isn't regulated by the government then it shouldn't be allowed on the market. I mean if I said, now I'm just going to dramatize here:
"Do you mean that some rogue herbalist could sell something that is unapproved of by Health Canada? Doesn't that sound dangerous?
That's the mind set I had. But in preparing for that trial I had to come to the exact opposite conclusion about those heart drops. The danger was removing them from the market. And at the time, this was about twelve years ago, I could have given you the names, addresses and phone numbers of literally thousands of Canadians whose lives depended on those heart drops. And it forced me to do a re-think, because for them, Health Canada's actions in trying to take them away actually presented an extremely significant danger, and it raised in my mind for the first time, wait a second, people have to be able to take responsibility for their own health. It's fine for the government to educate us, and watch out for the things that are truly dangerous but to say you can't have something because we haven't approved it, when your life depends on it, is a very different issue. And that's what woke me up to it, was actually that experience. And so ironically, it was Health Canada that created that experience."
SHAWN'S NEW WHOLE LIFE EXPO LECTURE: SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27 NOVEMBER 2011
If you are in Toronto, mark the date in your calendars! You will have an opportunity to speak personally with Shawn on all three days of the show: Friday November 25, Saturday November 26, and Sunday November 27 at booth 176. Please visit us and sign the Charter of Health Freedom petition, contribute to the legal challenge, talk with a NHPPA team member and pick up new material to distribute.
Manufacturers, retailers, distributors, practitioners, media and colleagues... you are warmly welcome to stop by if you have any questions about the NHP Regulations, NHPPA's campaigns or where we are at with any of our initiatives. If you would like to meet with Shawn personally while he is in town please do not hesitate to call Julia Rickert at 416.906.6974 before November 18, to arrange a time.
Shawn is on from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. on Sunday in the Lecture Hall 104
OCCUPY YOUR BODY! A NATIONAL PROTEST AGAINST REGULATIONS THAT FORCE NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS OFF THE MARKET AND RESTRICT PERSONAL HEALTH FREEDOMS
with Shawn Buckley, constitutional and criminal lawyer; president of the Natural Health Products Protection Association
Freedom of choice vs. government control in health care is a debate that has turned into a movement! Shawn Buckley sparked immediate action when he alerted Canadians to Health Canada's decision to criminalize vitamins, minerals, herbals and traditional natural health products.
CLICK HERE and scroll down until you find Shawn's info to read more about the lecture!
DONATE TODAY
If you'd like to see us continue our work, and move forward with our initiatives, we need your ongoing financial support.
Most public actions can only continue with massed regular financial support. We have only started but will need thousands of people to support our work now while we take your interests as far as necessary for resolution, up to and including the Supreme Court of Canada.
We rely solely on public and industry funding for our work.
CLICK HERE to view the funds we have to date.
Protecting access,
Natural Health Products Protection Association
#2-953 Laval Crescent, Kamloops, BC V2C 5P4 P: 250.377.4930 F: 250.377.4990
E: info@nhppa.org W: www.nhppa.org & www.charterofhealthfreedom.org
Join NHPPA on Facebook | Follow NHPPA on Twitter | Watch us on YouTube