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A new law being pushed in Canada by Big Pharma seeks to outlaw up to 60 percent of natural health products currently sold in Canada, even while criminalizing parents who give herbs or supplements to their children. The law, known as C-51, was introduced by the Canadian Minister of Health on April 8th, 2008, and it proposes sweeping changes to Canada’s Food and Drugs Act that could have devastating consequences on the health products industry.

Among the changes proposed by the bill are radical alterations to key terminology, including replacing the word “drug” with “therapeutic product” throughout the Act, thereby giving the Canadian government broad-reaching powers to regulate the sale of all herbs, vitamins, supplements and other items. With this single language change, anything that is “therapeutic” automatically falls under the Food and Drug Act. This would include bottled water, blueberries, dandelion greens and essentially all plant-derived substances.

The Act also changes the definition of the word “sell” to include anyone who gives such therapeutic products to someone else. So a mother giving an herb to her child, under the proposed new language, could be arrested for engaging in the sale of unregulated, unapproved “therapeutic substances.” Learn about more of these freedom-squashing changes to the law at the Stop51.com website: http://www.stopc51.com

Eliminates the Ability of our Elected Officials to Protect Us
Section 30(7) of Bill C-51

-Bypassing our elected official’s ability to vote out laws that are not the will of, or in the interest of the Canadian people.
-Allows government agents, (not elected officials) to create binding laws behind closed doors.
-New powers will allow enforcement of these laws by the searching and seizing of private property and bank accounts without warrants.


Fast Tracks New Drugs to Market; Reduced Safety Measures:
-By shortening the approval process for new drugs.
-By placing the responsibility of safety on drug companies with a proven track record of downplaying the health risks and side effects.
-Increased numbers of adverse drug reactions will lead to an increase in malpractice and personal law suits against doctors who prescribe new drugs which have not been tested properly for health and safety risks.

http://www.stopc51.com/

Now that's government in action!