Article Category: Health Regulation & Politics

Start the New Year with a New Light!

I was recently reminded of how far we have strayed from our natural environment during the NHPPA’s online Health Show. It was here that Dr. Rachel Maurice, a former anesthetist, gave a talk about the importance of the human circadian rhythm. She stated that we are designed to get sunlight in the morning which wakes […]

Three Miracles on the Health Charter Tour

I am often asked:  Do you really think we can win against Health Canada? I would like to encourage you by sharing three small miracles that happened during the recent Health Charter Tour.  On October 4th, 2025, the Health Charter Tour began winding its way across Canada, stopping at health food stores for meet and […]

Health on the Hill: A Conspiracy of Malnutrition

(Commentary) During a recent online Health Show hosted by the Natural Health Product Protection Association (NHPPA), I was forced to look in a new way at how awful our food regulation is. Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) have complete control over our food supply, and we have all made the mistake […]

Citizens Under Fire from Government for Saving Lives with Natural Remedies

My first experience in Court against Health Canada was about silencing the lambs.  My client, Herbalist Jim Strauss, was facing jail for telling the truth, that he could treat heart disease.  There was no doubt in my mind he was telling the truth. At the trial I had five witnesses who were there to testify […]

Are Harsh Regulations Causing Health Food Stores to Go Out of Business?

After 46 years in business, Kardish Health Food Centre is closing its remaining stores in Ottawa.  This is a family run business that has served the Ottawa area since 1979.  More closures are coming. The natural health community is being smothered by a regulatory burden first imposed by Health Canada in 2004. We are told […]

Health on the Hill: Health Canada Censorship is Going Too Far

Imagine you are responsible for Canada’s health policy.  Would you choose to censor truthful health information or would you require the truth to be told?  Which would lead to better health outcomes - censorship or truth? These are not idle questions.  We live in a country of almost absolute censorship of truthful health information.  It […]

Health on the Hill: Health Canada is about to Turn the Doctor Shortage into a Doctor Crisis

This week, I listened to a friend describe how her doctor is abusive. She has to have her husband attend all visits to limit the abuse. She cannot change doctors as there is no doctor to change to. She is desperate for a second opinion but second opinions are becoming a thing of the past. […]

Natural Health Product Protection Assn Calls on Federal Politicians to Protect Canadians' Health Rights

Ottawa, ON — On April 28th, 2025 Canada is facing the most important federal election in its history. While elected officials’ talking points include tariffs, taxes, and Trump, the threat to Canadians' health rights has been largely overlooked. Health is the most important asset Canadians have. Yet the previous government enacted legislation that put a […]

Have Natural Health Products Improved Your Life?

This month marks the official launch of the Natural Health Products Protection Association’s (NHPPA) My Health campaign. We created this campaign because we want to learn about how natural health products have improved your life, boosted your energy, helped you manage stress, enhanced your athletic abilities, or supported your body through serious health challenges. We’d love to […]

Heal Your Heart – Causes and Cures of Heart Disease

The Role of Stress, Malnutrition, and Environmental Toxins In the May 28, 1997 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Duke University researchers published findings showing that “moderate to strong feelings of sadness, tension, and frustration can more than double the risk of having a heart attack within the next hour.” The opposite […]

The Doctor Who Fought For Our Health Freedom

DR. JOZEF KROP – A PIONEER IN ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.” ~ Thomas Edison (1847-1931) In Ontario, the rise of health freedom and the availability of […]

Wind Turbines: Do the Health Risks Outweigh the Green Benefits?

Rachel Thompson raises free-to-range chickens with her partner Andy on their farm in Bruce County near Tiverton overlooking Lake Huron. She takes great care to see that her birds are well nourished with organic and non-GMO grains, home-grown sunflower seeds, vegetables and apples. She believes peoples’ health is more important than profits. It was this […]

Stop The Great Lakes Nuclear Dump

This issue poses a serious threat to the clean water that is vital to the production of organic foods. Ontario Power Generation is proposing to build an underground Nuclear Waste Dump approximately 400 metres from Lake Huron. No scientist can guarantee that this Nuclear Waste Dump will not leak. Burying nuclear waste that remains radioactive […]

Alternative Medicine Takes on Cancer – and Wins

The Audacity of Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez “If you are an honest scientist, it doesn’t matter if it’s moondust – if it’s working, you have got to follow through… I also believe that truth always comes to the top… I have done what I have done because of the truth of it, and the truth has […]

Asbestos Consensus

Canadians Call for Ban on Potent Carcinogen Now Affecting Thousands “No man is an island… any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” ~ John Donne (1572-1631) The lesson that this current meltdown of the global economy […]

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