Bill C-51? (Canada)

[jgoreham]

I'm surprised that I haven't seen anybody talk about Bill C-51 in here.  I was listening to CBC's Best of The Current Podcast, and they were talking about Bill C-51.  From the podcast's description:

"Natural health products have been largely unregulated in Canada. The federal government aims to change that with Bill C-51, which calls for natural

Comments

[prettyhowtown_]

i think it's godawful, myself.

[bedsidesaucers]

why?

[prettyhowtown_]

eventually people will need a prescription to legally get multivitamins, and probably pay large amounts of money. i'm afraid of how far this will be taken...

[alien_zero]

Especially since the guy rushing to have this bill passed, our Minister of Health, had a 25% share in a pharmaceutical company until a couple of years ago, when people started shouting "conflict of interest".

[prettyhowtown_]

yes. and the probable food shortages are going to make it that much more difficult for people to get adequate nutrition. the possible small benefits of this bill are outweighed by the negative big picture.

[autumn_sylver]

So, he doesn't have shares in pharmaceutical companies anymore?