Bill C-51 (堅決反對C─51法案）

Dear Members:

Most people involved with the natural health care industry are quite concerned about Bill C-51 and how it may impact our ability to gain access to TCM products. The following are two stories reported in the World Journal with slightly different opposing point of views:
http://www.worldjournal.com/wj-to-news.php?nt_seq_id=1716063
http://www.worldjournal.com/wj-va-news.php?nt_seq_id=1716248

If you would like to read the whole Bill, you can go to: http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=3398126

Regardless, I believe there are still some parts of the Bill that is not quite clear. The bill is written with regulating drugs in mind, but does not say how Natural Health Products (NHP) would be treated differently. If you are concerned, please write a letter to your local MP to express your concerns, so maybe some protective wordings for NHP can be written into the Bill. You may also ask your patients to do the same. Attached are two sample letters, one for practitioners and one for patients (family members and relatives). You may modify it as you see fit. Remember, mails to your MPs do not require any postage.

Alternatively, you can also go to the following website to sign an online petition to stop the bill:
http://www.propagandamail.cc/propaganda/users/link.php?LinkID=1856&UserID=175099&Newsletter=488&List=13&LinkType=Send





親愛的會員:

近日不少健康醫療行業的人都對聯邦C-51法案感到憂心, 怕它會影響到中醫從業人員用藥的權益. 以下是兩則在世界日報有關此法案的報導, 觀點有些不同, 讓大家做個參考:
http://www.worldjournal.com/wj-to-news.php?nt_seq_id=1716063
http://www.worldjournal.com/wj-va-news.php?nt_seq_id=1716248

如果您想要閱讀整個法案, 可以到以下的網站: http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=3398126

我認為此一法案仍然不完全. 此一法案是針對西藥所寫的, 但並沒有明確指出自然藥品如何可以無須接受西藥般的對待,管理,與懲罰. 如果您也有疑慮, 請寫信給您本區的國會議員, 或者如此能將保護自然藥品的字句寫入法案中. 您也可以請您的患者或是親戚朋友對此寫出他們的疑慮. 附上兩封參考書信, 一封給中醫人員, 一封給一般患者. 您可以依據自己的意思任意更改. 請記得, 寄給國會議員的信是不需要郵票的.

另外, 您也可以到以下網站署名反對C-51法案：
http://www.propagandamail.cc/propaganda/users/link.php?LinkID=1856&UserID=175099&Newsletter=488&List=13&LinkType=Send

May 15 2008