e-4914 (Health)
- Keywords
- C-368, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (natural health products)
- Natural health products
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
- Natural Health Products (NHPs) cover a broad range of products, including children’s and adult vitamins, probiotics, protein powders, toothpastes and other health-enhancing products;
- NHPs have been declared safe and effective by the Standing Committee on Health (HESA);
- Countless Canadians, businesses as well as amateur and professional athletic associations rely on the NHPs sector to maintain or improve their health, earn an income for their families, or as a natural, healthy aid to achieving optimal athletic performance;
- The Government of Canada’s budget of 2023 contained clauses authorizing Health Canada to create a new regulatory regime for therapeutic products that erroneously includes NHPs with other pharmaceutical and chemical based products, and is legally a "mistake of fact"; and
- Bill C-368 would remedy this ‘mistake of fact’ by repealing the offending clauses from the law, and amending the definition of therapeutic products to exclude NHPs, as well as other necessary changes to ensure Canadians’ continued access to affordable NHPs.
- Open for signature
- April 3, 2024, at 11:13 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- August 1, 2024, at 11:13 a.m. (EDT)
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 3102 |
British Columbia | 3027 |
Manitoba | 712 |
New Brunswick | 115 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 40 |
Northwest Territories | 9 |
Nova Scotia | 226 |
Ontario | 4827 |
Prince Edward Island | 41 |
Quebec | 737 |
Saskatchewan | 1049 |
Yukon | 10 |