Natural Health Product Protection Association (NHPPA) is a federally incorporated non-profit with over 15 years of experience advocating for freedom of choice and the protection of natural health products (NHPs) and dietary supplements in Canada.
The NHPPA has led all major campaigns against threats to NHPs since 2008. Our first campaign was to stop Bill C-51 in 2008. Other trade organizations did not believe it could be stopped and campaigned to “amend” Bill C-51. The NHPPA led the movement to stop Bill C-51 and it was stopped.
We have produced discussion papers which have sparked movements and initiated national campaigns that have reached Health Canada and the Canadian Senate resulting in successfully changing legislation.
With your support, we are now leading a nationwide campaign to STOP the Self-Care Framework, which when fully implemented, will result in the loss of most of our natural health products. Success requires massive Canadian engagement from all sectors; manufacturers, retailers, practitioners, and consumers.
Since its inception, NHPPA has been the leader in assessing and responding to threats facing the natural health industry in Canada. We have established a credible reputation through our legal expertise in this space along with our demonstrated ability to run effective campaigns to engage stakeholders from all sectors to enact change.
Shawn Buckley is a Canadian constitutional lawyer with 30 years of experience and a proven track record defending more natural health companies against Health Canada than any other lawyer.
Since 2008, Mr. Buckley has been President of the Natural Health Products Protection Association (NHPPA), which is dedicated to protecting Canadians’ access to natural health products. Among his many accomplishments, he has served as an expert witness on natural health product regulations and constitutional law in both the House of Commons and the Senate, and was perhaps the sole expert witness opposing Bill C-36 (The Consumer Product Protection Act). He also authored The Charter of Health Freedom, which is proposed legislation that gives natural health products and traditional medicines their own Act. A paper petition in support of The Charter is currently the third largest paper petition, pending delivery, in Canadian history.
Most recently, Mr. Buckley drafted a Private Member’s Bill to protect natural product access for all Canadians by amending the Food and Drugs Act (natural health products). With the support of Members of Parliament, the Private Member’s Bill has passed first reading in the House of Commons, and is now named Bill C-368.
