By Robert Jason
I went to my health store yesterday...and they provided me with a postcard to be sent to your member of Parliament urging him/her not to pass this dangerous, draconian, totalitarian Bill C-51...I mailed that postcard right away....I urge you to do the same...did not cost me a cent...my goodness, our beloved Canada is turning into a fascist, totalitarian state in so many ways - RJ
Bill C-51 Will:
Allow Government agents to:
-Enter private property without a warrant Section 23 (4)
-Confiscate your property at their discretion, at your cost Section 23.3 a
-Dispose of your property at their discretion, at your cost Section 23.3 c
-Seize your bank accounts without a warrant Section 23 (2) (d)
-Charge you for shipping and storage of your property Section 23.3a-b
-Store your property Indefinitely without paying you for damages Section 23 (2) (d)
-Levy fines of up to $5,000,000.00 / 2 years in jail per offence. Section 31.1
Introduce new legislation that will:
-Allow laws to be created in Canada, behind closed doors, with the assistance of foreign governments, industrial and trade organizations Section 30.7
-Allow "Crack house style" of enforcement on natural health providers Section 23.1
-Allow enforcement to be considered on more than 70% of Canadians who use NHP's Health Canada Reference
-Allow the minister, based on opinion, to shut down research without any scientific reason or evidence of risk or harm Section 18.5
-Allow the minister, based on opinion, to allow or disallow market authorizations for Natural Health Products
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The NHPPA has fielded many inquiries concerning whether Bill C-51 should be stopped or amended. Because of the tremendous threat posed by Bill C-51 the NHPPA is taking the position that:
Bill C-51 must be stopped, not amended, and
The “Amend” Bill C-51 campaign threatens to undermine the Stop Bill C-51 efforts and permit Bill C-51 to pass with only superficial amendments.
Bill C-51 is too Dangerous to Take Chances With
Bill C-51 is the most significant threat to the Natural Health Community in generations. Some of the problems with Bill C-51 include:
It is an offence not to follow the instructions of a Health Canada Inspector regardless of whether that direction creates a health risk. Natural Health Practitioners who are told to stop providing a treatment will be committing an offence if they continue to help their patients. Manufacturers of Natural Health Products will be committing an offence if they continue to provide products people rely upon for their health. In effect, Bill C-51 enables Inspectors without medical training to make health decisions;
the scope of the definition of “sell” is expanded in a manner that will include single sales of compounded NHPs by natural health practitioners;
trade agreements and foreign laws can be imposed without Parliamentary scrutiny;
Pre-approval by Health Canada of all “therapeutic products” regardless of risk profile becomes mandatory. Exceptions are only by regulation on a single narrow ground;
Fines for violations are increased by unprecedented factors of 500 and 1000 times. Directors and officers are made personally liable. Few in the NHP Community could survive a prosecution if Bill C-51 passes;
Inspectors can seize private property for any reason, for any length of time, and without judicial oversight or pre-approval;
Inspectors can destroy seized property without Court approval;
Property owners are liable for seizure, transportation and destruction costs regardless of whether the seizure and destruction was justified.
