‘War on Natural Health’: Product Regulations Favour Pharmaceuticals, Say Industry Insiders

Health Canada has for years made periodic attempts to bring natural health products under greater government control, but it’s never come this far before. While the department says its latest regulations are in response to safety concerns, critics say such concerns are unfounded and the government is favouring the pharmaceutical industry. “This is really a war on natural health … on access to natural health products that stand in the way of the pharmaceutical industry having a complete monopoly,” David Stephan of Hartleyville, Alberta, told The Epoch Times. Mr. Stephan works for TrueHope, the natural health product (NHP) business his father founded in the 1990s, and he has long stood in opposition to Health Canada’s attempts to increase regulation....