PROTECTION AGAINST FRAUD In this tenth 0:54 minute video of a 21-part series, Shawn Buckley explains Section 10 of the Charter of Health Freedom, “Protection Against Fraud”. This section charges the Ministry of Wellness with the responsibility of protecting Canadians’ against fraud, and makes it illegal to be fraudulent in the manufacturing or marketing of...Read More
Practitioner voices were on the agenda. While you may have weekly meetings in a physical space, NHPPA connects virtually. We span a few cities and provinces. This recording was captured during one of our recent weekly Friday team calls. Shawn shared his frustration over the silence of many natural health professionals, who work in clinical...Read More
Make no mistake. “If the Self-Care Framework becomes law, our right to decide how we wish to prevent disease and treat ourselves when we are ill, will be lost.” You would think that we would have posted this the day of release, April 2, 2019. It has been non-stop at NHPPA, serving up postcards across...Read More
MINISTRY OF WELLNESS In this ninth 1:27 minute video of a 21-part series, Shawn Buckley explains Section 9 of the Charter of Health Freedom, “Ministry of Wellness”. This section creates the Ministry of Wellness, a governing body separate from Health Canada, responsible for regulating natural health products, traditional practices and low-risk healing modalities. The Charter...Read More
Herbalists and NDs. Two respected experts in areas of natural medicine who address health conditions at their root and restore the function of the whole person. Long established wisdom blends with modern science while the practitioner guides their patients to optimal health. Claims, ability to treat even moderate conditions and traditional evidence for efficacy are...Read More
We weren’t part of the “extensive consultations with interested stakeholders to gain their perspectives”, were you? See page two, first paragraph. Please let Manon Bombardier, Director General at Health Canada (and the Natural and Non-Prescription Health Products Directorate) know that you’d like Shawn Buckley to be consulted. Perhaps a request to share the voices of...Read More
On March 14, 2019 Health Canada released a MedEffect Notice advising of an additional recall of two lots of irbesartan tablets dispensed in Quebec sourced from Teva API India Ltd. This is the first notice we have seen that isolates Quebecois patients as those affected by these tainted sartan drugs. This is the latest in...Read More
PRESUMPTION OF SAFETY In this eighth 1:20 minute video of a 21-part series, Shawn Buckley explains Section 8 of the Charter of Health Freedom, “Presumption of Safety”. This section declares that natural health products, traditional remedies and low-risk treatment options regulated by the Charter of Health Freedom are presumed, by law, to be safe. Only...Read More
Homeopathy. Recently one of the most affronted healing systems in natural medicine here in Canada. There is no shortage of adversaries to homeopathy outside of the respected space it occupies within the natural health industry and the millions of people who use it around the world. Still, homeopathy’s principles run contrary to Health Canada’s beliefs...Read More
. INTERPRETATION In this seventh 1:25 minute video of a 21-part series, Shawn Buckley explains Section 7 of the Charter of Health Freedom, “Interpretation”. This section answers the question, ‘what is a natural health product?’ Definitions for important terms such as natural health product, traditional medicine and treatment device are described. It is made clear...Read More
