Please Attend! Canada's Charter of Health Freedom Launch Sept 10, 2008

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Forwarding.... please forward to Canadians....

 

Canada's " Charter of Health Freedom " Launch, September 10, 2008. Please

attend!

 

 

--- History in the Making ---

 

Most Canadians believe that individuals are responsible for their own health

and wellness decisions. Now, as a result of the insights gleaned from Bills

C51 and C52, uniquely positive legislation to support that concept has been

created.

 

It is called the Charter of Health Freedom, and it is for Canada.

 

" The Charter represents responsible legislation, covering issues of safety

for the public, while still ensuring an individual's freedom to choose, " says

Lorna Hancock, Executive Director of HANS - Health Action Network Society

(1984), one of the numerous Canadian consumer groups involved in the Charter

launch.

 

" We're very excited to be involved. In the history of Canada's natural

health movement, this is the first time that a united, grassroots,

consumer-driven

initiative of such proportions has been created. "

 

Since 2004, regulations better suited to higher-risk pharmaceutical products

have burdened the natural health products industry, resulting in less

innovation, reduced product availability and a regulatory backlog, with no

realistic end in sight. While not everybody within the industry has agreed upon

the

best strategy to address Bills C51 and C52, the Bills' introduction was the

wake-up call that the industry needed to realize our shared challenges.

 

" What this launch does is introduce a positive solution for legislators,

regulators, and the Canadian people in the way it handles natural health

products, " says Hancock. " This is history in the making. "

 

The Charter of Health Freedom, available online on September 10th, was

created by constitutional lawyer Shawn Buckley, President of the Natural Health

Products Protection Association, and on Sept 10, 2008, it is being introduced

to the public for their consideration and endorsement.

 

Public events will be taking place in Winnipeg, Kelowna, Toronto, Calgary

and Vancouver. For details, visit www.charterofhealthfreedom.org.

 

Please show your support by attending!

 

Where: Steps of Robson St Plaza (at Vancouver Art Gallery, corner of Robson

& Howe)

 

When: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (get there a bit early)

 

The Charter of Health Freedom website is: www.charterofhealthfreedom.org

Questions related to the Vancouver launch!? HANS - (604) 435-0512 or

_lorna_ (lorna)

 

 

Founded in 1984, Health Action Network Society is a membership-based,

non-profit charitable organization dedicated to gathering and disseminating

health

promotion information.