Stop this outrageous bill

Is Bill C-6 the New Bill C-51?
Topics - Alt. Med
Written by Barry Green
Sunday, 08 February 2009 02:29



Panic!! Big Pharma is coming! Big Pharma is coming! Or so I was led to believe from my Google Alerts this week:

"BILL C6 – The Canadian Governments Plan To Outlaw YOUR GOOD HEALTH"
"Bill C-51 Not In Your Reality? Get Ready For Bill C-6!"
"Stop Bill C-51 Campaign Revived"
"Bill C-51 Update! Important Public Meeting. Protect Your Natural Health Products. Urgent Wake-up Call."
Bill C-6, the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, was introduced to Parliament at First Reading on 29 Jaunuary 2009, and the StopC51 watchmen have raised the alarm.



"C-6 is outlawing herbs, supplements and vitamins", I am warned by Doug Schapira, the editor of the Owen Sound Free Press. In fact, the legitimate sounding newspaper, which is in reality a crank blog, makes the Godwinian declaration that "C-6 is the Canadian government's 'final solution' for the health products industry." A nationwide vitacide, apparently.



But why would the government and the pharmaceutical industry conspire to be so evil? It's all too clear to Schapira:

"It's a desperate effort to destroy this industry that's threatening the profits and viability of conventional medicine. Natural medicine works so well — and is becoming so widely used — that both the Canadian and American governments have decided to 'nuke' the industries by passing new laws that effectively criminalize anyone selling such products. They simply cannot tolerate allowing consumers to have continued access to natural products. To do so will ultimately spell the destruction of Big Pharma and the outdated, corrupt and criminally-operated pharmaceutical industry that these criminally-operated governments are trying to protect."
Of course! It's all so absurdly obvious. Although, it is a bit difficult to understand why big pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson would be keen to eliminate the high volume, low risk, highly profitable supplement market of their natural health product (NHP) divisions. It's also hard to see why both Liberal and Conservative governments would have spent the last 10 years consulting with the NHP community, implementing an NHP regulatory framework, establishing an NHP Directorate in Health Canada, being advised by alternative medicine professionals, and licensing thousands of NHPs only to conduct an act of political suicide by banning a product that is consumed by a significant majority of the voting public. Nevertheless, Bill C-6 is evidence of Big Pharma conspiring with the government to deny Canadians' freedom of choice in healthcare, isn't it?



Well, there's just one problem. ... Bill C-6 has nothing to do with NHPs.



Paragraph 4.(1) of the bill excludes the products listed in Schedule 1, which includes "Drugs within the meaning of section 2 of the Food and Drugs Act" – a definition that includes NHPs. Despite StopC51's claim that Bill C-51 was attempting to make NHPs into drugs, the Food and Drugs Act has classified NHPs as drugs for decades. In 2004, NHPs were distinguished at the regulatory level when the NHP Regulations came into force, separating NHPs from pharmaceuticals, which continue to come under the Food and Drug Regulations.



Of course, the fact that Bill C-6 has nothing to do with NHPs might be a bit obscure. Perhaps, Mr. Schapira can be excused for not figuring it out. It's too bad that there is no ready reference available for Bill C-6 ... except, that is, for the Health Canada press release, backgrounder and FAQ page on the bill. Apparently, Mr. Schapira has yet to read the following FAQ:

"8. Can Natural Health Products be regulated under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act?"
"No, Natural Health Products are regulated under their own regulatory framework (the Natural Health Product Regulations) under the Food and Drugs Act. They cannot be separately regulated by the proposed Canada Consumer Product Safety Act. In fact, Natural Health Products are exempt from the proposed CCPSA, as they fall under the Food and Drugs Act. Schedule I of the proposed CCPSA outlines the products that have been exempted, for example: drugs, cosmetics, explosives, pest control products, etc -- products that are captured by other legislative and regulatory frameworks."
Or perhaps, as Mr. Schapira states, "The government is putting out misleading information that this Bill is OK, that it has none of the nasties that the opponents are claiming." I keep forgetting that any evidence that disproves a conspiracy becomes part of the conspiracy.



Sadly for our avid conspiracty theorists, there is nothing dark or sinister about C-6. It is just a re-introduction of last session's Bill C-52, also named the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act. The purpose of Bill C-6 and its predecessor is to protect the health and safety of Canadians by prohibiting "the manufacture, importation, advertisement or sale of consumer products that pose an unreasonable danger to human health or safety." More specifically, as summarized by FAQ #3:

"The key provisions proposed include:
A General Prohibition against the manufacture, importation, advertisement or sale of consumer products that pose an unreasonable danger to human health or safety
Expanding the scope of legislation to cover the manufacture of consumer products
Mandatory Reporting of Incidents: requires industry to report when they have knowledge of a serious incident, or death, to provide an early warning to the government
Ministerial Orders for Test/Study Results: requires manufacturers or importers to provide information on products when so ordered
Packaging and Labelling: prohibitions on packaging, labelling or advertising that is false, misleading or deceptive, as it relates to health or safety
Document Retention by Industry: facilitates product tracing throughout the supply chain, in particular in situations where a consumer product has been recalled
Inspectors' Orders for Corrective Measures, including Recall: allows for rapid response to address an emerging problem, particularly in situations where industry fails to take appropriate steps
Increased Fines and Penalties: provides stronger deterrents
Administrative Monetary Penalties: allows for incremental penalties to deal with non-compliance; an effective tool in the enforcement continuum that includes criminal prosecutions"
Bill C-6, just like Bill C-52 before it, is just implementing part of the Food and Consumer Safety Action Plan, which was announced last April. Amongst the many common safety enhancements called for in the plan are the strengthening of enforcement measures through the increase of fines to $5M for selling unsafe products and the authority to order product recalls. These two provisions, as examples, were discussed in our coverage of Bill C-51 last year.



C-6's part in the Food and Consumer Safety Action Plan is its coverage of consumer products not already regulated for safety. As a result, the bill excludes such products as explosives, pest control products, fertilizers, motor vehicles, maritime vessels, aircraft, weapons, ammunition, controlled products, seeds, animals, food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, and of course NHPs. The updating of the safety provisions for these excluded products will be done, as needed, by amending the acts that currently legislate them. For NHPs, this means amending the Food and Drugs Act, which will require the eventual re-introduction of Bill C-51. However, unfortunately for our StopC51 premature advocators, Bill C-6 is not that reincarnation.










Anger and Opposition of Bill C-6‏From a friend and concerned fellow parent and human……




Stop this outrageous bill !!
From Tabatha Boudreau

I am so, so , so very angry right now. Believe me when I say I’m not angry at any of you, I’m ANGRY at what’s happening right now, during my lifetime I can’t believe it ), while I’m a grown adult, and I feel totally powerless. Power is in numbers so I hope you’re willing to listen.

I know what a positive attitude is, I’ve read many many books on spirituality and I would consider myself a pretty enlightened person. I’ve explored positive thinking, meditation, and payer. I’ve only recently declared my faith in Jesus Christ, but that’s a different conversation. I see the beauty that surrounds me, I have a positive outlook, I love the flowers, the moon, sun, clouds, chocolate:)) I enjoy the arts both visual & written. I know what it is to have a good time, be in love. I’m generally a happy person OK. I am a mother, I’ve brought two babies into this world that I love more than anything. I love the mountains and clothes fresh off the line, I take pleasure in doing little stuff, I sing & cry of joy a lot. Laughter is the most beautiful sound I’ve ever heard and it’s never the same… I’m sure you’re starting to get the picture. The problem I have right now is that too many people are busy admiring or mesmerized by the beautiful flower that they can’t see the big black foot that’s about to snuff that beauty out just like that!!!!!

It’s weird cuz people all around the world, except the USA & Canada would already know exactly what I’m so afraid and angry about but I doubt few of you do. I hope I’m wrong and that I’m just in the dark about how aware you are but…






What’s happening right now is the beginning of the culmination to a very old, and elaborate plan for a small group of Elites to have world domination and this my friends will be felt by all of us, emotionally, morally and physically very soon… and it starts with these vaccines for the supposed pandemic outbreaks. It’s a huge load of crap. Don’t believe me do some darn research. For now these vaccines are not “mandatory” in Canada but they will be. Already in the US a lot of people are being forced, little kids taken away from their parents for refusing to vaccinate!! Come on, I’m not making it up – why the heck would I? What am I gaining?

And the vaccines are just a drop in the bucket. The US is already becoming a military state in several areas, and it’s spreading. People can not protest peacefully with out the cops sending in “provocateurs” to stir up shit for an excuse to disperse, lock up, and shut people up, !!… meanwhile they keep the troops out fighting false flag wars because they know that their fighting men are Patriots and would never allow for this plan to take over if they were alive and well at home. We are being PUNKED people.

The American dollar is no more, or on it’s very last breath anyway… and we know Canada follows the US like a tail on a dog. The US has sold itself out in stocks, bonds, shares (whatever these investments are called, I don’t claim to be a financial expert in the least, but I do know that both the USA & Canada are BROKE. They’ve indebted the people and loaned out more than they have. So what happens if a country like Russia decides they cash in all their bonds(or whatever their called)? Russians DO WHAT THEY ARE TOLD…
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I challenge you to watch the news or read a news article every day [but it can't come off the tv or main stream media like MSN, FOX, Global, CBS, ABC, NBC] for a week and tell me what you think.
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… and the same will SOON BE EXPECTED OF YOU! I’m not sure what the solution is but I do know that people need to be aware of what’s going on, and that there is POWER in NUMBERS. Remember Norton Hears a Who? Let’s not fight among ourselves over personal preferences or lifestyles… there is something much more precious on the line right now and it’s our RIGHTS and FREEDOM.

I implore you to voice your opposition of Bill C-6. What do you have to loose? What’s the worst that could happen if this bill didn’t pass? Someone might buy a toy with lead on it at a garage sale, or China might put poison in baby milk! No one wants that so use good judgment and breast feed… BUT what happens if they do pass it? We open a back door for them to force their will upon us and our KIDS in our very own homes!

Oppose Bill C-6 by sending a fast & simple note or copying the message below and sending it to the following “elected” officials. Thank you so much!

Letter example:

Dear Sir/Madame,

What gives you the right to sign an unconstitutional law into effect? It will not stand a challenge because it removes Due Process of law via provisions for warrant-less search and seizures, among other deplorable offenses to our Rights and Freedoms, and according to the Book of Criminal Procedure it is therefore of no force or effect. If you, in the knowledge that the provisions of Bill C-6 are unconstitutional, vote in favor of passing it, you are violating your oath to protect and defend the rights and freedoms. According to Canadian Constitutional Law such an act should be grounds for removal from your seat.

Send to:

laytoj@parl.gc.ca
zarac.1@parl.gc.ca
paradis.c@parl.gc.ca
stcyr.t@parl.gc.ca
ignatieff.m@parl.gc.ca
ducepg1@parl.gc.ca
harper.s@parl.gc.ca
dions@parl.gc.ca
mackay.p@parl.gc.ca

Again, thank you for taking action, if not let the chips fall where they may but I’ll keep on fighting for the rights of my kids and yours. <3 Tabatha

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One Response to “Anger and Opposition of Bill C-6‏”
luggnutz Says:

October 15, 2009 at 11:18 am | Reply
Merci beaucoup mon ami. La si plusieurs meres pourait composé une lettres comme ca!

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