As if the whole farce of Kangaroo-court “Human Rights” tribunals wasn’t bad enough, now the Canadian Federal government is trying to push through a new bill that would effectively criminalize the sale and manufacture of vitamins, dietary supplements and natural herbal products. The bill C-51 would classify natural products as controlled substances, and empower inspectors to:
• Raid your home or business without a warrant
• Seize your bank accounts
• Levy fines up to $5 million and a jail terms up to 2 years for merely selling a herb
• Confiscate your property, then charge you storage fees for the expense involved in storing all the products they stole from you.
C-51 is based on the same kind of creepy paternalism that’s always been a feature of the Canadian ideological landscape: the assumption that the need to protect citizens from their own stupidity overrides any considerations of individual liberties (which are only conditionally granted by the state in the first place)
This probably ties in to the anti-supplements/vitamin fear campaign that I’ve been seeing in the press lately. Big Pharmaceutical companies have been trying to criminalize homeopathy and natural products for years now, and Canada seems determined to provide them with a nice fresh doormat to wipe their feet on.
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