THIS YEAR IT’S PERSONAL!

That’s what we heard time and time again at this year’s Total Health Show. We are grateful, on behalf of all the stakeholders we represent as well as Canadians across the country, to those in the industry who made our visit to the Total Health Show possible with donations and support. Thanks to you all, every contribution helped with our attendance.

This page contains snapshots of the happenings from the show as well as an audio recording of Shawn’s full one hour lecture.

NHPPA’s President Shawn Buckley at our new corner booth with legal research assistant Geneviève Eliany, Information Officer Carolyn Steele, and new volunteer Sarah Orr.

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Once again, many thanks to all of you who have been sending your completed petition sheets to our new Ontario address, they have been arriving safely, as have the redirected pages from BC. We were delighted to receive one envelope from an industry stakeholder containing 1000 signatures!

When you explain the crisis to people, they really want to add their name to this national outcry for our constitutional rights. Have you asked your networks yet?

CLICK HERE to download the petition.

The counting continues, we broke all our own records at last weekend’s Total Health Show, with 700 new signatures over the weekend and dozens of individuals taking information to start their own signing stations, thank you, to every one of you who did this.

As of today, the NHPPA has 87,054 petition signatures.

The NHPPA is collecting the completed petitions so send them to this address: 5070 Fountain Street North, Breslau, ON N0B 1M0.

Every single name is a Canadian citizen who has made the decision to demand their freedom. If you know anyone who hasn’t had the opportunity to add their voice, tell them how they can join the movement today.

SEE US AT BOOTH 212 ALL WEEKEND

Thanks to tremendous support for the NHPPA from industry stakeholders and the generosity of the Total Health management team, the NHPPA will have a full booth again at this year’s show. This means that, as well as the opportunity to hear Shawn’s keynote lecture for 2012, you will be able to visit us to meet the team, talk, sign the petition and take away copies of all our current handouts, leaflets and documents. You will even be able to buy a Charter of Health Freedom T shirt!

Shawn will be speaking on the main stage on both Saturday and Sunday at 5 PM. This spring’s lecture is entitled Personal Health Freedoms: A National Protest against Regulations that Force Natural Health Products Off the Market

Total Health has this to say about his presentation: “Freedom of choice vs. government control in health care is a debate that has turned into a movement! Now natural health product manufacturers, practitioners and stores are protesting government regulations that are slowly dismantling a once vibrant industry. Shawn will discuss his current federal legal cases, the threats from within the industry, the recent enforcement of removing products from store shelves faster than ever before, and what Health Canada does not want the public to know. Join the movement that protects a very basic property right: that no one should tell you how to treat – your body.”

We would love to see you there if you can make it to Toronto. If not, stand by for reviews, photos and videos as we endeavour to bring you there virtually.

CLICK HERE for Total Health Show home page, where you can download pdf copies of the full program and a poster to use to market the event yourself.

SAFETY MEANS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT.

Shawn Buckley and the NHPPA research, write and distribute information and opinion pieces as part of our core work. Until the actions of Health Canada come under proper scrutiny, in accordance with Canadian law and democratic practice, we cannot, and will not stop placing the issues where they will be read, understood and passed on. We are encouraged to see that doubt for the future of the industry is spreading. This doubt will turn into action.

Our concerns for the impact of the 2004 NHP Regulations, and the opportunity they afforded to unelected officials for abuse and corruption have been dismissed by many as ‘fearmongering’ but now the word is spreading beyond the core industry believers. As smaller companies go to the wall, with very little power of redress, the unsayable can be printed. The questions are becoming accusations, the evidence of harm is too widespread to gloss over as inadvertent.

This month, several new devastating examples of the power of the written word are available for you to use to inform your networks and grow the push back.

CLICK HERE to read your new material.

New Zealand’s Vinny Eastwood recently invited Shawn onto his show: Guerilla Radio.

Vinny quit the telecommunications industry when he noticed that when he lied to the customer the company’s profit margins went up. He went out with frustration at the mainstream media and began to make his own news by interviewing activists about real issues that truly affect New Zealand and the world. His show now broadcasts worldwide 5 days a week, including across the USA on American Freedom Radio.

Of Shawn’s interview Vinny wrote, “Shawn Buckley…exposing incredibly dangerous draconian legislation being passed to rob people of their rights to life, liberty and property, and not least of all their most basic health freedom!”

CLICK HERE to watch our 24 minute edited video of this candid and timely interview. We have selected some of the most powerful excerpts which capture, not only the background to our current regulatory crisis but the foundations of the most vital issues facing us for the future.

Thanks to all of you who have been sending your completed petition sheets to our new Ontario address, they have been arriving safely, as have the redirected pages from BC. The counting continues, and we are delighted to update you with a very exciting milestone.

As of today, the NHPPA has 85,490 petition signatures.

Since the launch of the Charter of Health Freedom on September 10 2008, the NHPPA has aimed to make the petition in its support the largest in Canadian history. 3 million signatures is our goal, that’s 10% of our nation’s population. And we’re confident that this number is achievable because of concerned Canadians like you.

But where do we stand, what benchmark are we trying to exceed?

CANADA’S LARGEST FEDERAL PETITIONS

• The largest single petition to be presented to the House of Commons in Ottawa in the last 5 years was for the Employment Insurance Program for the extension of medical benefits. This petition had a total of 85,421 signatures.

With 85,490 signatures we have already created the largest federal petition the Canadian government has seen since Feb 19 2007!

• The largest petition in the last 15 years was a series of related petitions against Child Pornography. This series totaled 96,065 signatures.

2) Within the next month, download a printable copy of the Charter of Health Freedom itself and send or take it to your Member of Parliament. The next campaign we will be rolling out will require that your MP understands the Charter. Add a note that you will be following up in a few weeks to seek your MP’s thoughts. Be persistent! We are actively seeking an MP to present the petition to parliament…and this will create huge grass-roots popularity.

CLICK HERE to download the Charter and CLICK HERE for Shawn Buckley’s interactive video guide, so that you fully understand the Charter before discussing it with your MP.

IMPORTANT INDUSTRY ALERT

If you advertise natural products this information is vital.

Health Canada has delegated the investigation and adjudication of advertising complaints to preclearance agencies such as Advertising Standards Canada.

This change has far-reaching implications for your business, your protection and your Charter rights. Shawn Buckley has researched the legal situation on your behalf and, with the NHPPA, is distributing this information alert to all stakeholders. This short document advises why the change matters to you and when, and how, you should seek legal advice before dealing with a third-party agency.

Please read it today.

There are legal issues you must be aware of when dealing with an approach regarding your advertising.

Click Here to download a printable copy of the alert.

The NHPPA remains your watchdog, researching, writing and advising to protect you, your business and your rights.

You will begin to notice a new mailing address and new telephone number on our emails and printed materials, as our administrative operations have moved from British Columbia to Ontario.

Until the end of last year we occupied office space generously donated to us by an industry stakeholder, but the lease on that facility came to an end. Rather than spend donated funds on premises, we chose to move, and are now sharing different office accommodations. This decision means that every donated dollar will still go to our core work, supporting you in the ongoing demand for health freedom.

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Since the launch of the Charter of Health Freedom on September 10 2008, the NHPPA has been receiving petitions from across Canada. 3 million signatures is the NHPPA’s goal. And we’re confident that this number is achievable because of concerned Canadians like you.

As of Fri, Jan 6 2012, the NHPPA has 83,869 petition signatures.

Here’s how you can make a difference – download the Charter of Health Freedom petition from the Charter of Health Freedom website. You can also download a printable version either letter size or legal size. Then get your family, friends, colleagues, classmates and customers to sign the petition.

The NHPPA is collecting the petitions so send them to this address: #2-953 Laval Crescent, Kamloops, B.C. V2C 5P4.

THE FIRST CONSUMER SHOW WHERE WE GOT A GOOD TALKING TO.

NHPPA’s Information Officer Carolyn Steele, President Shawn Buckley and Campaign Director/Executive Coordinator Julia Rickert at the NHPPA booth

Shawn and the Ontario members of NHPPA’s team were on hand to chat at this November’s Whole Life Expo in Toronto, Ontario.

This was a year of ‘firsts’ for us in many ways and we had a truly inspiring weekend meeting so many of you. It was the first consumer health show where the public was largely already savvy to the issues and stopped by to learn the greater complexities of our initiatives.

Click here for a full review of the Expo and the video of Shawn’s latest lecture, “Occupy Your Body”.