NHPPA’s “Do
You Want My Vote?” MP postcards have had an unsung companion piece, doing its job, to incite action. Launched in April 2019, the “Help Us Fight Back” brochure gives consumers the “main points of the issue” along with the names of four civil servants to call directly. Thousands have been printed and shipped to stores across Canada. Many more were printed by local stakeholders themselves! Thank you for that, retailers and clinics! “Help Us Fight Back” has offered consumers the highlights about the threat to their personal freedoms. You, like many other Canadians we’ve spoken to over the past several months, may be wondering why NHPPA is encouraging you to call agency employees.
We answer that question from the facts that were revealed in research about the latest assault on the natural health product industry: the four bureaucrats listed on the postcard and brochure make up the “committee” of “senior management” who are responsible for the origin of the Self-Care Framework. They are the ones who laid down the “non-negotiable” principles to make changes to NHP regulation happen.
Read Shawn Buckley’s Discussion Paper on the Origins of the Self-Care Framework.
Establish yourself as a Canadian NHP protector, impose our democracy and personally make calls to them. Let them hear the voices of those who are affected by these unilateral decisions to restrict access. Make sure they know how this hurts Canadian retailers, practitioners, manufacturers and you.
“Help Us Fight Back” can be used at store checkouts to draw awareness to the urgency. The front and back can be posted on store and clinic information boards. Retailers and practitioners can call their customers to action before they no longer have the liberty to procure the products, and practices, offered by natural health practitioners.
DOWNLOAD AND PRINT THE “HELP US FIGHT BACK” BROCHURE
CONTACT THE FOUR BUREAUCRATS BEHIND THE SELF-CARE FRAMEWORK
The four Health Canada employees were:
1. Simon Kennedy;
2. Paul Glover;
3. Anil Arora; and
4. Pierre Sabourin.
These are the four people responsible for developing the self-care framework that threatens Canadians’ health freedom. These are the four people you can contact to speak out about how you feel about these changes.
For more information, please read and share Shawn Buckley’s January 29, 2019 Discussion Paper Concerning the “Evidence” Provided by Health Canada.
Simon Kennedy – is the Deputy Minister of Health Canada. He was appointed in 2015. Prior to that he was the Deputy Minister of International Trade. While Deputy Minister of International Trade the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement was negotiated. Attached as Appendix 2 is his biography published by Health Canada. It appears that Mr. Kennedy is not an expert in NHPs or the regulation of NHPs. Mr. Kennedy was with Health Canada for 17 months prior to the May 12, 2016 meeting with the Minister.
simon.kennedy@hc-sc.gc.ca
613-957-0212
Simon Kennedy, Deputy Minister
c/o Health Canada
PO Box 0900C2
Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9
Paul Glover – was the Associate Deputy Minister of Health Canada at the time of the May 12, 2016 meeting. He is currently head of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Mr. Glover has been in several roles within Health Canada. Attached as Appendix 3 is his biography published by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. He has a master in business administration (MBA). It is unknown to the author whether Mr. Glover is an expert in NHPs or the regulation of NHPs, although it appears unlikely.
Paul.Glover@canada.ca
613-670-1777
Paul Glover, President
c/o Shared Services Canada
99 Metcalfe Street
Ottawa, ON
K0A 0C3
Anil Arora – has been the Chief Statistician of Canada since September 2016. He has worked for the United Nations and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. He has worked in several Federal Government Ministries. He briefly joined Health Canada in 2014 as the Assistant Deputy Minister of Health Products and Food Branch. A copy of his government biography is attached as Appendix 4. It appears that Mr. Arora is not an expert in NHPs or the regulation of NHPs. Mr. Arora briefly joined Health Canada well after the detailed process outlined above to arrive at our current regulatory regime for NHPs. He left shortly after the May 12, 2016 meeting with the Minister where the new framework was approved.
anil.arora@canada.ca
613-951-9757
Anil Arora, Chief Statistician
c/o Statistics Canada
100 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0T6
Pierre Sabourin – is currently the Assistant Deputy Minister of Health Canada’s Health Products and Food Branch. He joined Health Canada in this position in March 2016, within two months of the May 12, 2016 meeting with the Health Minister that has led to the proposed changes. Prior to joining Health Canada, Mr. Sabourin was at the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the Canada Border Services Agency and Foreign Affairs and International Trade. A copy of his LinkedIn Profile is attached as Appendix 5. It would appear that Mr. Sabourin has no expertise in NHPs.
pierre.sabourin@hc-sc.gc.ca (presumed)
613-957-1804
