Serious Concerns Regarding Bill 51

I was sent this email and it did raise some concerns for me. There could be some fear mongering in this email, but it does raise a few valid points. Such as will our freedom to choose natural remedies be taken away by the government. If your neighbour grows lavender in her garden will she be charged for letting you use some? Will our remedies be so costly to produce that many of us cannot afford them? Look at the cost difference between our remedies and the American prices. Their prices are so much less than ours. Many American companies refuse to do business with Canada because of all the red tape. Is it the government red tape and fees that have been added on to our products? If you research this and find it to be a concern (like I did) contact your MP and ask them to speak out against this bill.
Here is the gist of this email:
Consider How Bill C-51 Would Affect You
Many natural health products that have been sold in Canada for decades would become unavailable, and remaining products would cost much more (Sections 13 & 18.7);

* The government could designate any natural health product a prescription drug, making it available by prescription only (Section 15.1(4));

* You could be fined thousands of dollars or go to jail for giving your child or friend a natural health product (Sections 31 & 3(3) expanded definition of sell);

* Researchers would lose academic freedom: they could not study the beneficial effects of natural health products without first getting the government's permission (Sections 3(6) & 18.2);

* International laws that restrict access to natural health products could>be made law in Canada without the approval of elected officials or any>debate in the House of Commons (Sections 3(6) & 30(7));>

* To enforce this new law, inspectors could enter private property and (Section 23): * take anything at their discretion; * never pay the owner for it; * charge the owner of the property a fee for shipping it to a secure storage unit; * charge the owner of the property fees for keeping it in storage; * keep it in storage as long as they want; and/or * dispose of it at will.

Health Canada Needs Checks and Balances. Acting under current laws, Health Canada has already endangered Canadians lives by seizing their natural health products. In 2003, Health Canada seized personal shipments of EMPowerplus, a vitamin-mineral supplement that>hundreds of Canadians with bipolar disorder and other serious mood >disorders>depended on for mental wellness, and ordered Truehope Nutritional Support>Ltd. to stop selling the supplement in Canada. Fearing for the safety of>Canadians who were using EMPowerplus, Truehope disobeyed Health Canada?s>orders and was charged with selling an illegal drug.>>Fortunately, in this case, Health Canada was unsuccessful in removing>EMPowerplus from the market. In 2006, Truehope was found not guilty. The>court ruled that Truehope was overwhelmingly compelled to disobey?in order>to protect the health, safety and well-being of the users of the>supplement?, and Health Canada dropped its appeal of this case in October>2006.

(Learn more><http://truehope.com/newsletter/editions/Online038-October-22-2007.html> ).>>However, Bill C-51 would make it easier for Health Canada to seize natural>health products like EMPowerplus in the future and remove them from the>market, violating your Constitutional rights to ?life, liberty, and >security>of person.?>>
You can also read an article, well written in Vitality Magazine about it: http://www.vitalitymagazine.com/may_08_billc51

What You Can Do To Protect Your Rights
Visit http://www.stopc51.com/
Read a Discussion Paper on Bill C-51: www.healthcanadaexposed.com/discussion.htm by the President of the Natural Health Product Protection Agency (NHPPA).
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