Our Private Member’s Bill made it to the House of Commons!

SHAWN BUCKLEY DRAFTED A PRIVATE MEMBER’S BILL

While you were busy writing letters and sending postcards to educate our MPs, Shawn Buckley was busy drafting a new Private Member’s Bill to repeal sections 500-504 of Bill C-47.

What Is A Private Member’s Bill

A Private Member’s Bill is a Bill that can be introduced by any Member of Parliament that is not a Member of the Cabinet. After a Bill is introduced to Parliament, the Bill will be debated and voted on by other Members of Parliament, becoming law if it garners sufficient support. This Bill is a draft law.

Why Is This Private Member’s Bill So Important?

The Bill aims to repeal Sections 500-504 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 (formerly Bill C-47). As you may know, these sections, embedded within the annual budget bill, redefine natural health products and subject the entire industry to heightened regulation and excessive fines up to $5,000,000 per day, by moving them fully into the therapeutic products category, alongside chemical drugs.

 

AN EXCITING UPDATE

On Tuesday December 5, 2023, MP Blaine Calkins of Red Deer—Lacombe, Alberta, took a decisive stand in support of our cause and officially tabled our Private Member’s Bill in the House of Commons. The Bill was seconded by MP Brad Vis, and given the official Bill number C-368.

This action by MPs Calkins and Vis effectively amplifies our voices, champions the cause for the natural health industry, and acts in the interests of every Canadian citizen that relies on natural health products to care for their health and well-being.

You can watch the introduction of the Bill in the House here. (1.5 minute watch)

TAKE ACTION TODAY!

There are three ways for you to get involved and support Bill C-368 (our Private Member’s Bill):
1. Sign the e-petition
2. Send an electronic letter to your MP and others
3. Send physical letters to your MP and others

By clicking the button below you will be directed to our e-petition in support of Bill C-368. After signing the petition, you will be automatically redirected to send an electronic letter.

If you are willing to also send physical letters, keep scrolling for those instructions. Copies of the official Bill from the House of Commons, the draft Private Member’s Bill with explanatory notes, and a PDF form letter to MPs are available to download at the bottom of this page.

HOW TO SEND A PHYSICAL LETTER TO YOUR YOUR MP

1. Print a copy of the draft Private Member’s Bill.

Print a copy of the draft Private Member’s Bill linked below.  This resources will be incredibly helpful for your MP to understand exactly what you’re asking them to do, on your behalf.

2. Print a copy of our MP letter.

We have provided a form letter below.

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.

3. Affix the draft Private Member’s Bill to your MP letter.

We suggest stapling your letter to the draft Private Member’s Bill. This ensures that your MP receives both your letter and the draft Private Member’s Bill the letter references in one package.

4. Look up your MP’s constituency address.

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.

5. Send your letters to multiple MPs. 

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.

Bill C-368
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Private Member’s Bill
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MP Letter Supporting Bill C-368
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Are you concerned about the future of BC?

Bill 36 HPOA – Health Professions and Occupations Act

  • Do you want to protect yourself, your family and your community?
  • Do you believe your government officials at all levels should be accountable to the public?
  • Do you sometimes feel powerless to change things?
  • Are you concerned by government overreach being influenced by unelected foreign organizations?
  • Do you wonder what is being hidden from you?

 

If you answered YES to any of these questions, then here’s what you need to know:

The purpose of BCTownhalls2024 is to hold

in-person community events (TownHalls) across BC

Why?

  • Our communities and province are in trouble. Most people do not know about bills and laws introduced in BC that will significantly affect your life, such as access to health care and property ownership.
  • We all need to start listening & talking to each other about the issues that affect us
  • A series of Townhall information meetings is starting in March 2024.
  • A professional team of medical, business, and administrative experts and event planners have put together a packaged template to help YOU organize a successful event. WE are ALL VOLUNTEERS!
  • Several bills have been passed that impact your health, housing and property.

Bill 36 HPOA – Health Professions and Occupations Act

Targets health professionals with punitive measures (fines, possible imprisonment, removing licenses) for speaking out against the government narrative.

Please visit Canadian Society for Science and Ethics in Medicine for further details on Bill 36 HPOA, including printed materials, educational videos and presentations.

Bill 31 – Emergency and Disaster Management Act

Deals with “Emergencies” including health and climate.

Gives the Provincial Government “General power to do all things necessary” when there is a ‘perceived’ emergency.

Section 76 allows the Minister to

  • “…appropriate, use or control the use of any personal property…”, and
  • “…require the alteration, removal or demolition of any trees, crops, structures or landscapes … “

Section 78 allows the Minister to order, control or prohibit:

  • “…travel to or from any area”
  • “…the carrying on of a business or a type of business”
  • “…an event or a type of event”

Bills 4446 & 47 – Housing Amendment Acts

  • Eliminates public participation in community planning, which takes authority away from property owners and municipalities.
  • Neighbourhoods and high-transit areas will favour high-rises and multi-family homes.

 

International Policy and Provincial Policies and Act

Introduces ‘safer supply’ with easier access to dangerous, and often addictive, drugs without age restrictions.

Our goal is to:

  • Empower individuals and communities.
  • Provide you with the knowledge on how to create a successful event.
  • Support you along the way.
  • Help you create what you want to see in your community with respectful communications and working together to do so.

 

YOU can help, here’s how:

We need YOUR energy and passion to organize/help out to create a Town Hall that will provide important educational information to your community.

You can help by simply attending and bringing a friend who doesn’t know about these bills.

We have done a lot of the heavy work, figured out what these bills mean and how they will affect you. We’ve also put together a set of tools and contacts to make this as easy as possible.

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