Bill C-224 has successfully just passed 2nd reading–the bill was unanimously passed and is now before the Standing Committee on Health.
What is Bill C-224?
Bill C-224 repeals the changes that were snuck into the 2023 Budget Bill. Those changes put Natural Health Products into the therapeutic drug model and made them subject to $5 million per day fines for sharing truthful health information.
Historic: 157,057 Canadians Back Charter of Health Freedom Petition
In this powerful moment in the House of Commons, MP Blaine Calkins tables one of the largest paper petitions in Canadian history — signed by 157,057 Canadians.
Initiated by the Natural Health Products Protection Association (NHPPA), the Charter of Health Freedom Petition represents a massive grassroots movement calling for Canadians’ right to make informed decisions about their own health.
The petition calls for:
•Personal sovereignty over one’s own body
•Freedom to choose how to prevent and treat illness
•Access to natural health products and alternative care
•Protection from unnecessary government restrictions
•Respect for provincial jurisdiction in healthcare
•Recognition of First Nations’ rights to traditional medicines
This historic petition signals growing public demand for a new legislative framework — one that recognizes natural health products and traditional medicine as distinct from pharmaceutical drugs. Parliament now has a duty to respond.
Learn more from NHPPA, including how to take action HERE:
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