Consider this a monumental step in the right direction! Your consistent efforts to engage your MPs are the reason that we are able to share this video today. Every single MP—that’s 338 of them—received stacks of postcards, personal letters and educational materials from YOU. As a result, MP Robert Kitchen, pictured above, brought a small...
Our first round of letter writing to Members of Parliament was an incredible success! MPs spent June, July and August combing through bottomless piles of your handwritten letters, NHPPA Postcards, Discussion Papers, and Crisis Summaries. Together, we’ve shown the power of our collective action and the impact we can make when we come together to...
Shawn Buckley & NHPPA In The Media It’s been two months since we’ve shared one of these media reviews. Our goal with sharing these lists is to support you in staying up-to-date with our work at NHPPA and to continue learning about the issues facing natural health products in Canada in a way that most...
Natural health products (NHPs) are far safer than food, and are demonstrably safer than prescription drugs. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada there are, on average, 240 deaths per year from food related illnesses, and 10,000 deaths from pharmaceuticals per year… versus zero deaths attributed to NHPs. Pharmaceuticals are far more highly regulated...
Meet Lana. She is the owner of Body Fuel Organics in Regina, and is a true advocate for the natural health industry. Lana turned to the natural health system after watching allopathic medicine fail her family. Being in business for years has allowed her to witness this same healing power of herbs, vitamins and minerals...
We knew that Health Canada officials would begin claiming that we are spreading misinformation. Not to worry! We’re well-prepared with a brand-new postcard campaign! As quoted in a recent CBC article, Green Party leader Jonathan Pedneault finds it “a very interesting thing to see that Health Canada thinks it can properly regulate these products while...
CBC Claims We Spread “Misinformation” And “Disinformation” It was only a matter of time. Consider this CBC article a failed attempt at damage control. Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser at Health Canada defends their new regulations. Dr. Supriya, and this CBC article as a whole, have conveniently failed to mention both the impeccable safety...
In a recent CBC News clip titled “Backlash Grows Over New Regulations For Natural Health Products”, Health Canada’s chief medical advisor Dr. Supriya Sharma, claims that Health Canada has “no intention to stop the sale of, restrict access of, or ban any natural health products”. Yet small business owners like Wajihia Qureshi, pictured above, manager...
These two work at a health food store in St. Catharines called The Peanut Mill, that’s been serving the community for 47 years. As a storekeeper and holistic nutritionist respectively, they have personally witnessed the life-changing powers of natural health products and practices. Louise has been in the natural health industry for 30 years and...
The Holistic Nutritionists on NHPPA’s team came together for a conversation with hundreds of their colleagues about how recent Health Canada initiatives threaten their ability to practice in Canada—and what to do about it. The replay, from Monday, August 21, 2023, helps Holistic Nutritionists learn the facts on how Bill C-47, the Self-Care Framework, Vanessa’s...
