There are over 1,000 candidates this election, resulting in 338 MPs. They must be a voice for the 34 million Canadians (82%) who depend on natural health products to maintain their well-being. Losing access to natural health products means losing our freedom to choose how we manage our health.
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Copy/paste prepared email or make a phone call using the talking points available below.
Copy and paste this suggested text for your email, add in the candidate’s name, add your name to the end, then send to your candidate!
Subject: Local Health Businesses Need You To Speak Up
Dear Candidate [Last Name],
I am writing to bring your attention to an urgent issue threatening thousands of Canadian small and medium-sized businesses: Health Canada’s new regulations are creating an impossible environment for natural health product manufacturers, retailers, and practitioners. The Self-Care Framework is a regulatory overhaul that intends to harmonize the regulation of natural health products with those designed for pharmaceutical drugs. This will create a system where only the largest corporations can afford to comply, leaving Canadian small and medium-sized businesses struggling to survive.
For decades, Canadian small businesses have provided safe, high-quality natural health options for their communities. However, Health Canada’s Self-Care Framework imposes crushing compliance costs that only massive corporations can afford. The result? Family-owned manufacturers face bankruptcy, neighbourhood health stores will lose vital products and customers, and practitioners won’t be able to access the tools they need to serve patients.
This issue transcends politics—it’s about protecting Canadian jobs and local economies. Without action, we risk:
Destroying small businesses—Mom-and-pop health stores and local manufacturers simply cannot survive these regulatory costs.
Creating a corporate monopoly—Only pharmaceutical giants and large multinational corporations will remain, eliminating competition and consumer choice.
Decimating practitioner options—Healthcare providers will lose access to the natural health products central to their practice.
Hollowing out communities—Vibrant local businesses will be replaced by corporate chains.
Health Canada’s Self-Care Framework encourages the growth and success of large multinational corporations, while forcing smaller Canadian businesses to close.
I urge you to stand with Canadians and ensure that natural health products remain accessible and affordable.
I am calling on you to advocate for (1) The end of Health Canada’s Self-Care Framework, and (2) the enactment of the Charter of Health Freedom. This is how you can safeguard the freedom of choice and well-being of all Canadians.
With the federal election approaching, I call on you to make this a priority issue. Health is our greatest asset, and this deserves a place in the national conversation.
Thank you for your dedication to serving our communities, and I look forward to your leadership on this critical issue.
Respectfully yours,
[Your Name]
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Behind the curtain of this election are issues that truly matter to Canadians, like protecting access to high-quality and affordable natural health products.
Health Canada’s new regulations are creating a cost crisis, forcing prices up and threatening the natural products we rely on to stay well. But here’s the good news: some political candidates are already starting to speak up, even leaving supportive comments on our posts
Did your political candidate speak up for natural health products?
The louder we are, the harder we are to ignore. Let’s make protecting access to natural health products a key election issue.
Visit nhppa.org/mission-338/ for everything you need to get involved. Send emails, download letters, post on social media, contact candidates, and more.
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Canadians Are Being Priced Out of Natural Health Options
The rising cost of natural health products is an urgent issue affecting millions of Canadians.
Health Canada’s Self-Care Framework threatens to make essential wellness options unaffordable, especially for seniors, families, and lower-income Canadians who depend on them most.
By imposing massive fees and costly compliance demands on manufacturers, the government is driving up consumer prices and turning trusted natural health products into a luxury few can afford.
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“I can’t afford my natural health products.” More and more Canadians are feeling the financial burden of constantly increasing supplement prices.
Health Canada’s Self-Care Framework is imposing massive fees and compliance costs on manufacturers. These costs will inevitably be passed down to consumers, pricing many out of the market. Worse still, some companies may be forced to shut down entirely, reducing competition and driving prices even higher.
These products aren’t luxuries… they’re essential tools for staying well. And for many Canadians, they’re becoming unaffordable.
But we are pushing back!
Some political candidates are already listening. Now we need to make sure they all do. Let’s make protecting access to natural health products a key election issue.
Visit nhppa.org/mission-338/ for everything you need to get involved. Send emails, download letters, post on social media, contact candidates, and more.
Open a pre-written PDF or Word Document, print and sign – then send by mail or fax
Copy/paste prepared email or make a phone call using the talking points available below.
Copy and paste this suggested text for your email, add in the editor’s name, add your name to the end, then send your “Letter to the Editor”!
Subject: Subject: Natural Health Should Be Canada’s Biggest Election Issue
Dear Editor [Last Name],
As someone who relies on natural health products to keep my family healthy, I’m deeply worried about Health Canada’s Self-Care Framework and its new cost recovery measures.
Like 82% of Canadians—34 million of us—I trust these safe, time-tested options to support my well-being. Yet, these changes threaten to pull them off the shelves by treating them like pharmaceutical drugs, which they’re not.
The impact is already hitting hard. Small manufacturers and practitioners, who’ve built their livelihoods on these products, face crushing fees that could drive them out of business. That means fewer choices for me and millions of others, all because of regulations that ignore the low-risk nature of natural health products.
My local health store owner told me she’s struggling to keep up, and I can’t imagine losing access to the remedies I depend on.
What’s baffling is the silence. Despite near-unanimous support for these products, I’ve yet to hear a candidate or read a news story addressing this. Health is our greatest asset, but this election, it’s like
no one knows what’s at stake. I’m urging readers to ask candidates to scrap the Self-Care Framework and back the Charter of Health Freedom.
Let’s keep our health choices alive—before it’s too late.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
Our Primary Goal is to make the protection of natural health products an election issue. Political candidates must be a voice for the 34 million Canadians (82%) who depend on natural health products to maintain their well-being.
State the NHPPA’s goals to end Health Canada’s Self-Care Framework and to enact the Charter of Health Freedom.
This is a 2 sided poster/flyer that you can distribute and display, to bring awareness and direct the population to our “Mission 338” landing page.
“Mission 338” Poster/Flyer
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This is a 2 sided poster/flyer that you can distribute and display, to bring awareness and direct the population to our “Mission 338” landing page.
“Mission 338” Poster/Flyer
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This is a poster card that you can distribute and display, to bring awareness and direct the population to our “Mission 338” landing page.
“Mission 338” Postcard
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This is a 1 sided poster that you can distribute and display, to bring awareness to the population that our natural health products are at risk.
“Natural Health Products At Risk” Poster
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This letter is completely done for you. All you need to do is add the party candidate’s name, then sign and date the form letter.
Letter to Candidate
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This letter is completely done for you. All you need to do is add the media editor’s name, then sign and date the form letter.
Letter to Editor
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This is your cheat sheet to confidently and effectively speak to candidates, or their staff, about protecting access to natural health products and supporting the Charter of Health Freedom.
Talking Points – Phone Calls
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These talking points are designed to help you organize or speak at local events, campaign stops, or rallies to raise awareness and push for political action on natural health product protection.
Talking Points – Events
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But, before we get into the “how to’s” of letter-writing…
NHPPA’s Pressure Your MP Campaign as maintained astounding power from June 2023 through to present. MPs have spent time reading and responding to at least tens of thousands of your letters. Let’s get to work and build on this incredible momentum.
Use the information below as a guide to craft effective letters that educate your MP.
If you haven’t already reviewed our materials, we have a few options available to help you understand the issues:
By utilizing the resources above, it will ensure you have a solid understanding of the issues, which will build your confidence to communicate with your MP!
Commit to yourself, and schedule time in your calendar, to draft a letter weekly or biweekly, depending on your availability.
Because we are asking you to write multiple letters, you do not need to include every issue within a single letter. It is okay for many of the letters you draft to have a different focus because there are many ways Health Canada’s actions in restricting natural health products will impact you as an individual Canadian citizen. Using this strategy can also help keep you inspired to continue letter-writing in the months to come.
We have provided form letters below, if you are unwilling or unable to draft a letter in your own words. However, if you have the capacity to write your own letter, in your own words, we strongly encourage you to do so. Personalized letters hold much more weight with our MPs.
Tell your MP what natural health products mean to you! You can include a connection or success story that you or a family member has had with natural health products. Personal stories are some of the most impactful communications we can share with our elected officials.
Print out a copy of the Discussion Paper on 2023 Health Canada Initiatives. We suggest stapling your letter to this Discussion Paper at least once. You may also want to highlight passages in the Discussion Paper that are particularly meaningful to you, or write notes in the margins about sections in the Discussion Paper that most apply to you. The physical size and weight of sending in a 36-page Discussion Paper to your MP causes an impact, as will the understanding they’re sure to gain as a result.
With subsequent letters, you can print out a copy of our 2-page Natural Health Products Crisis Summary and affix that to your letter.
It is important to send a letter to your MP at both their House of Commons address and their Constituency Office. You can find their Constituency Office here:
House of Commons Current Members of Parliament.
You don’t have to stop at sending letters to your Member of Parliament. You can also mail your letter to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Health, the Standing Committee on Health, or even all 338 MPs, if you’re willing.
This is a letter that you draft yourself. We have compiled a guide to help you write an effective letter, and have also compiled a list of two dozen potential writing points that you can use as inspiration.
Level 1
Write Your Own Letter
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This letter is almost done for you. It is the same form letter but with a blank text box for you to add your own hand-written personal commentary. Your effort to draft personalized comments results in more impact on your MP.
Level 2
Just Add Commentary
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This letter is completely done for you. All you need to do is add your MP’s name, sign and date the form letter. This requires the least time investment, but form letters also have the least impact at the MP’s office.
Level 3
Sign and Date Only
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