On the front page of the Hamilton Spectator January 18 2011. There is a picture of a needle and a bottle of medication, with the ever scary caption " Flu has hit really hard, really early".

I always give the link to any related articles that I am speaking about. But unfortunately this story is not posted on the Hamilton Spectator website.

The front page article says:
"Medical officials warn this years flu has the province in a nasty grip at a time when the number of Ontarians who received the seasonal vaccine is at an all time low.
"It's happening really hard, really early" said ministry of health spokesperson David Jensen, noting there are more than 1,800 lab confirmed cases across Ontario, about eight times higher than the average for this stage in the season. "That's why we're trying to get the word out for people to get their shots."

It goes on to say that there is four hundred confirmed cases and three deaths linked to influenza so far in Hamilton. But there are hundreds more that likely have not been lab tested. Are you scared yet? Ready to take your family to the flu clinic yet?

This article is nothing more than a pure scare tactic! Big Pharma is not happy that most Canadians have become aware of the high risks behind the flu shot and they are not making as much money. There is not one word about boosting your immune system with the food you eat, Vitamin D or C, or any other method of flu prevention, other than the shots!

Or how the influenza and most other vaccines are ineffective and dangerous. To left is a chart showing a sharp decrease in mortality rates from influenza in America, long before the vaccination programs were rolled out.

There is a great article
explaining these facts here:
vaccineresistancemovement.org

The best way to protect yourself against influenza, is by living a proper lifestyle! Eating raw organic foods, making sure you get a good intake of vitamins (vitamin D and C especially), and being active. Not blindly listening to propaganda and injecting synthetics into your body.

Vaccines have been a big money maker for big pharma companies, for a very long time now, and they refuse to accept the fact that people in large numbers have caught on to their scam. In the coming months expect the propaganda machine to be in high gear, when it comes to vaccinations!

There is so many examples of big pharma showing how much they love people, it is hard to know where to start! Between unsafe drugs, unsafe vaccines, lobbying to have harsh laws/regulations on their competition (the ever dangerous Natural Health Foods), and on and on. If you were to sit down and write a list of all the ways that big pharma companies love and care about us all, you would end up with a large stack of paper by the time you were done!

There is one example of their love that not too many people talk about, or know about. In Canada there has been people who become addicted to illegal drugs, for a very long time now. A large number of those people eventually at least try to become clean (at least once). To do so, they turn to the methadone clinics. Pharmacuetical companies produce the methadone, to help people who are suffering threw addiction.

In the brains of addicted people, methadone prevents heroin or morphine from interacting with receptors for natural painkillers called endorphins , blocking the effects of the addictive drugs and reducing the physical cravings.

The methadone usually costs about five to ten dollars a day in Canada. My research conduted in Brantford Ontario, shows that about 3,000 people visit the methadone clinic a day.
When you do the math, the pharmaceutical companies are making anywhere from $15,000 to $30,000 a day from just this one small clinic. WOW showing love, can be very profitable don't you think?

Over half of the 3,000 visitors a day to the small clinic in Brantford, are there because big pharma and their doctors loved them so much, that when these everyday people. Who most of, had no history of drug abuse, got injured. They where given drugs like Oxycontin (a narcotic pain reliever). Even after they're injury had healed and a doctor will no longer prescribe these medications to you. Do not worry! They can be purchased online without a prescription. But if you decide that you no longer wish to take the pain reliever, big pharma is right there with another drug for you! Now if that is not love, I don't know what is!

With all of this love and profits that are being made from both drugs, I do not know how things could get any better! Pharmaceutical companies profiting as they help you with your pain, and then when they help you get off of those painkillers. You get to suffer oops, I mean enjoy this whole process that could take years instead of weeks/months.

These are great times we live in aren't they?

In Canada we are witnessing the total raping of our health freedoms. We now have the consumer product safety act (Bill C-36) as a law. Which does not effect Natural Health Products itself, but it opens the door to allow the Canadian government to adopt foreign laws and foreign trading block's regulations on basically all products (including NHP's), without parliamentary scrutiny.

Health Canada is using unrealistic licensing standards on NHP's. For example, parsley in capsule form was not given it’s NPN because the manufacturer could not provide safety studies. Parsley is a herb that has been used for thousands of years. Think about it! When was the last time your heard of someone dieing from parsley (fresh or in a capsule)? Over 20,000 NHP's since 2004 have been not been licensed, because of absurdity like this!

But at the same time Health Canada is loosening the regulations on pharmaceuticals.

Here is a clip from a recent article I read from the Ottawa Citizen.

"What kind of "modernizations" should we expect to emerge from Health Canada's artfully stage-managed "technical consultations"? First and perhaps most important could be a shift of the burden of proof. The "precautionary principle" would be scrapped if drug companies had their way. So, instead of the drug industry having to prove that its products are (comparatively) safe before they can be licensed, new products would be presumed to be safe unless critics can prove that they are more harmful than beneficial."
Source

That's right you do not get to choose what you put into your body Canadians! NHP manufactures must prove that herbs that have been in use for hundreds if not thousands of years are safe. But big pharma companies do not have to prove the safety of their synthetic products. Oh no a critic must prove that they are not safe, AFTER they have been given out to who knows how many Canadian people.

This is only the tip of a very large iceberg in Canada. But it is not only happening here.

In America Bill S510 (HR 2751) has passed. All of the provisions, restrictions and requirements of this law, would apply to small farmers and small food producers (think farmer’s market, fruit, veggies, jam, pie, nuts, eggs, and yes herbs). Simply cutting off the herb production of the country.

Many of you have probably heard about the European Union Banning many Chinese and Indian Herbs. The AHN has been standing up against this mandate. Here is what they have to say about it:

"The date—ironically April Fool’s Day 2011—represents one day after the end of the transition phase of the EU Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive (THMPD). The THMPD exists as a sub-Directive of the Human Medicinal Products Directive, and was originally intended to be a fast-track licensing system for a wide variety of traditional herbal products, including those of non-European origin. These include the super-traditions of Ayurveda, associated with the Indian subcontinent and that of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Both are of more than 4,000 years standing. The directive was originally implemented in 2004, but the lengthy 7-year transition period has lulled many into thinking that the April 2011 date marks the implementation of a new directive. This is not the case."

"What are the facts about THMPD?

* 31st March 2011 marks the end of the 7-year transition phase of the THMPD
* The directive requires that the same type of pharmaceutical standards applied to conventional, synthetic drugs are applied to complex, polyherbal products
* A range of eligibility and technical problems, along with prohibitive costs, have, so far, prevented any products from either the Chinese or Indian traditions from successfully being registered under the scheme"

Source

This shows that in Canada, America, and in the European Union the attack on NHP's is kicking into gear. Not by flat out banning them. Because it is well known that, an action like that would not be tolerated by the people. So the tactic seems to be the slow and methodical elimination of these products, through licensing regulations.

Testing and proving the safety of NHP's apparently can cost upwards of US $100,000.
For small to medium sized manufacturers this is devastating! But to the large companies it is tolerable. Unfortunately the large companies seem to be the ones complying with big pharma. By using genetically modified ingredients, and other synthetics produced in the pharmaceutical industry.

The small guys in our communities are being "licensed" out of business, because they refuse to comply. They refuse to keel over in the presence of big pharma.

They have looked out for us, and our health for a long time now. It is time that we return the favor! We now need to not comply right along with them! DO NOT buy from the major NHP companies. Instead look for the smaller, and more local products.

It is estimated that over 10,000 Canadians die every year from pharmaceuticals. Do you think the number of deaths caused by NHP's comes anywhere even close to that?

We are the gears of this machine, and we decide when it stops!

The Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA), Canada’s largest national trade association dedicated to the natural health industry.

The association represents manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers, distributors, growers and importers of natural and organic products, including foods, vitamin and mineral supplements, herbal products, homeopathics, sports nutrition products, fibres and health and beauty aids.

With a membership of over 1,000+ business owners and operators, CHFA represents an industry that contributes $3.5 billion to the Canadian economy.

The CHFA is the official voice of the natural health industry from the grassroots to the Hill. We work to make certain the industry is heard when legislation is being drafted. We also provide our members with great networking opportunities, like our annual trade shows.
http://www.chfa.ca/

The CHFA also plays a key role in Nutri-Net Canada.
A collaborative initiative among industry and trade associations, institutions and provincial government organizations, aims to promote the development of a knowledge-based, value-added industry dedicated to improving the nutrition, health and well-being of Canadians.
Led by the Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA), Nutri-Net Canada will oversee and coordinate a series of studies and conferences in 2007/2008 as an input to the development of national functional food/natural health product (FFNHP) sector strategy. The strategy will define the scope of the industry, outline short and long term goals and how to achieve them, increase the participation of the traditional food industry, and increase the participation of the health community.
www.nutrinetcanada-nnc.ca

All of which sounds great! Until you do a little digging. The Canadian government has been vigorously attacking the NHP market place. Between proposing (and passing) draconian laws and licensing procedures. Right down to Health Canada and the RCMP conducting armed raids on the homes of naturopathic doctors. Like in the case of Dr. Eldon Dahl, whose home was raided over things like folic acid, in 2009. So one would assume that a group like the CHFA would not be in Health Canada's good books.

But that is not the case. The Canadian government is funding the CHFA and the Nutri-Net Canada program. In 2007 a press release was released from the government titled: CANADA’S NEW GOVERNMENT INVESTS $721,000 IN NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS
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And from estimates this funding has now reached over 2 million dollars.

The CHFA and the Nutri-Net program are being used to to encourage and facilitate regulatory compliance of Bill C-51 (which eventually became Bill C-36 and became the law known as the consumer product safety act).

They are also trying to "slow Bleed" the NHP industry with the new licensing programs that Health Canada aims to implement in 2011. The original start date was set to be March 1 2011. A number of PAC members felt that the end of the Compliance and Enforcement promotion period should be June 1, 2011, for manufacturers, importers, packagers and labellers (vs. the previous March 1, 2011 date)and December 1, 2011 for retailers and distributors (vs. the previous September 1, 2011 date).

The CHFA does not support these dates. The CHFA suggestes that August 1, 2011 for manufacturers, importers, packagers and labellers and February 1, 2012 for retailers and distributors would be more appropriate. Rather than opposing these actions from the Canadian government, they only want to spread it out. But why?

Would that extended time frame give the CHFA and the large players in the NHP industry the appropriate amount of time to wipe out the small and medium players who cannot afford the onerous cost of compliance ? Perhaps the smaller companies will not compromise their ethics and/ or add synthetic and GMO inferior fillers to standardize their products to get their NPNs?. If Natural health products really are so dangerous and need such stringent specifications, and outrageous standards of evidence, can someone please show me the dead bodies?

Here is a great quote from www.biomedcentral.com

"On the other hand, some representatives from large companies
are disappointed with the time frames provided by
the NHPD but for different reasons than representatives
from SMEs. Large firm employees are frustrated that the
implementation stage is moving slowly:
the faster the weaker players get out of the business, the
better, from a commercial side or predatory side ... there's
only going to be 3 or 4 big players that are going to survive.
We intend on being one of them. So I'm saying if
you're going to cause that, then do it faster. Quit slow
bleeding us."

This is not surprising after you look at the other companies involved with the Nutri-Net program. A large percentage of the directors and board members of the organizations come from either Bio-Tech companies, or Pharmaceutical Companies.

That's right! Funded by the government and in a large part being run by Bio-tech and pharmaceutical companies.

Voice of the NHP Industry or voice of the government within the NHP industry? You decide.

We should all support initiatives like the Charter Of Health Freedom
With that passed as a law this whole mess of bureaucracy and red tape over your health freedoms will be alleviated!

Elizabeth Strecker of Abbotsford British Columbia did what many Canadians do around the Holiday season, she did some traveling to spend time with her family.

On January 4th 2011 she was at the Calgary airport for her return flight back to Abbotsford. The airport security asked her to go threw the full body scanner and she complied. But there was a problem.

Elizabeth Strecker is a cancer survivor and wears a prosthetic breast. Which showed up on the scan. A security guard then asked her to raise her arms (something that she cannot comfortably do with her left arm since the surgery). According to Strecker: "The arm is full of fluid. I don't know why but it doesn't drain and is very painful." But security did not want to listen to that and insisted that she raise her arms.

She then used her right arm to lift the left one. But it was so painful that I cried, she said. With many people around it was quite an humiliating experience.

Are we all so full of fear that this kind of practice has become acceptable? Not only to put and 82 year old cancer survivor threw an unsafe full body scanner, but to humiliate her and put her threw pain!

What has happened to common sense? Why would any airport security she this woman as a threat? Why are we just blindly following the patterns of the TSA in America? The TSA scans and does it's enhanced pat downs on everyone. Seniors, children, and everyday people.

Is this all really worth it? Is it keeping us Canadians safer or is it just humiliating and demoralizing everyday Canadians?

Len Gratto and Stacy Gowanlock of Mission, British Columbia have both been slapped with $5,200 inspection fees after having having their homes inspected by government officials.

This is not only happening in Mission B.C., This inspection process is also happening in Surrey , Richmond, Coquitlam, Langley, Langley City, Abbotsford, Pitt Meadows, Chilliwack and Port Coquitlam. Between 2005 and 2009 these cities conducted 3,528 inspections.

Under the safety inspection programs, inspectors armed with B.C. Hydro statistics on abnormal energy consumption can enter private homes without warrant. Sounds kinda familiar doesn't it? (Bill C-36).

"The safety inspections came about as a result of concerns over grow-ops that pose electrical hazards from faulty wiring and the overloading of residential electrical circuits." Globe and Mail

Once again a bypass around section 8 of the Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms (Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure.).

Oh but don't worry, it is all just to keep you safe! A fire could happen if there is faulty wiring. That is all the government is concerned about.

In the case of Len Gratto, the officials hit the jackpot! He was guilty of growing cucumbers in his basement. And with Stacy Gowanlock, they just missed it! Only finding some dirt residue and some piping leading to the chimney. What criminals these Canadians are! How dare they grow their own food! The audacity of some people eh.

The fight against marijuana has hit an all new low with this. Government officials being given the power to enter and inspect the homes of Canadians without a warrant, with police waiting at the front door. All because it may not be cucumbers, it could be the evil marijuana.

And then even if the officials do not find anything illegal, they slap you with a huge fee for making them search your home.

After the G20, and Bill C-36 trampling all over our rights as Canadians, this is just another way our government wanted to show that they love us, and only want to keep us safe! Forget about your rights and freedoms Canadians, just trust the government!

They will keep you safe, and keep all of those bad people who like to grow their own food in check! We need our police state!

Twenty percent of Canadians will personally experience a mental illness during their lifetime. Although most mental illnesses begin during adolescence and young adulthood, people of all ages, cultures, educational and income levels experience mental illnesses.

Mental illnesses take many forms, including:

mood disorders, such as depression and bipolar disorder, which affect how one feels,
schizophrenia, which affects how one perceives the world,
anxiety disorders which affect how fearful one perceives places, events or situations to be;
personality disorders, which affect how one sees oneself in relation to others; and
eating disorders, such as anorexia or bulimia, which influence how one feels about food and one's body image.

Our chemical rich modern diet with large amounts of processed and packaged foods, saturated fats, artificial colors, flavors and preservatives and an excess of caffeine and alcohol radically changes our internal ecosystem. Considering then that ‘we are what we eat’ it is little wonder that the incidences of depression and mental illness are so widespread in our culture.


Many research studies are now concluding that eating processed foods and manufactured foods, can be related to the onset of depression. In Paul Zane Pilzer's book The Wellness Revolution he states: “It's the food supply that is causing depression and obesity in this country. It's all the refined ingredients that have their nutrition stripped away.” By eating de-natured foods we are not giving our brain the nutrients it needs to achieve a healthy and balanced mental state.

Why is it that people who pursue healthy diets tend to have a positive outlook and outstanding mental health? It's the foods...because the food we eat greatly affects our mental state, and if we eat healing foods, and foods rich in vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients, then we will have healthy mental function.

On Saturday January the 8th 2011, the Canadian Awareness Network, Grasshopper Media, and We Are Change Brantford converged on Gore Park in downtown Hamilton.

Armed with fliers, DVD's, a megaphone, and the charterofhealthfreedom.org petition (available for download HERE)

We started out with the megaphone with speeches by Terry Wilson and Frank Gotz, and quickly got a great response. People began to come over and get information. We gave out countless DVD's, fliers, and spoke with many concerned Canadians who had never heard of the consumer product safety act, or Bill C-36.

Coupled with a rally by We Are Change Calgary, and a great clip on CHCH news by eart4all.net on Friday, we are getting the word out there!

CHCH news cip.


And this is just the beginning! With the NHPPA getting ready to start a campaign against this illegal law, we have no intentions of giving up. We are going to fight this thing right until the end! Once the Canadian people become aware of what this so called law is, the quicker we can have it repealed. It is a daunting task, but the future of our nation depends on it!

Video clips from the Hamilton Rally:
Part 1


Part 2


Keep watching for more street actions, and if you want to get involved please contact us at canadianawareness@live.ca

We the people of this great nation, are the only ones who can fix it! It is time to stop watching from the sidelines and take action.

In this age that we live in, our bodies are exposed to hundreds if not thousands of toxins everyday. They come from the water and food that we consume, the beauty products we wear, all the way down to the air that we breathe.

It is extremely important to know how to remove them. You do not need to go out and buy expensive detox kits, or take any kind of medications to do so. You can detox your body naturally, with very little extra cost.

The health benefits of doing a detox are endless! Even though there are a lot of medical "professionals" who will tell you otherwise. Here is a small list of what detoxing can do for you:

* Purify liver, kidney and blood
* Eliminate years of built up internal waste
* Increase energy and focus
* Lose weight
* Ease chronic pain
* Look younger
* Boost immune system
* Cure high blood pressure
* Get rid of acne
* Simply feel fantastic

Ill start off with the method that I use (it is not included in the top 10 because it is one of the hardest ways, on your mind and body).

I start by taking kelp and activated charcoal supplements one week before (two of each everyday). At the end of that week, I do a water fast for 48 hours. Then break the water fast with a ginger, lemon, kale, and celery juice. I continue with vegetable juices for a three day juice fast. Using as large of a vegetable variety as possible. To break the juice fast I start to eat small amounts of vegetables, and then ease in some fruits and nuts. It is essential to have pure water, and 100% organic foods to do this.

This is the hardest method in my opinion because it really takes a toll on your body. You will feel like you have been hit by a truck! Your nose will constantly run, you will get severe headaches, feel very fatigued, and even feel some depression. But within days after finishing you will see a total reversal. You with feel clear, focused, and overall great!

That kind of an intense cleanse is recommended once a year. It is not an everyday thing.

Here is our top 10 ways to detoxify without having to go threw an intense program:

10. Eat plenty of fiber, including brown rice and organically-grown fresh fruits and vegetables. Beets, radishes, artichokes, cabbage, broccoli, spirulina, chlorella, and seaweed are excellent detoxifying foods.

9. Cleanse and protect the liver by taking herbs such as dandelion root, burdock and milk thistle, and drinking green tea.

8. Take vitamin C, which helps the body produce glutathione, a liver compound that drives away toxins.

7. Drink at least eight glasses of clean water everyday.

6. Breathe deeply to allow oxygen to circulate more completely through your system.

5. Transform stress by emphasizing positive emotions.

4. Practice hydrotherapy by taking a very hot shower for five minutes, allowing the water to run on your back. Follow with cold water for 30 seconds. Do this three times, and then get into bed for 30 minutes.

3. Sweat in a sauna so your body can eliminate wastes through perspiration.

2. Dry-brush your skin to remove toxins through your pores. Special brushes are available at natural products stores.

1. Exercise is the number one method to detox your system! Yoga, jogging, stair climbing, or any other cardio exercise works well.

These are all options that can be incorporated into your everyday life, with health benefits that are endless. You will not get sick as much ( helping to eliminate any of the so called need for dangerous vaccines), and you will have less of a chance of developing diseases like diabetes.

But even beyond that, you will feel amazing! Whenever I have spoke to a person who has done a detox, they cannot believe how great they feel! And swear by it!

Give it a shot people. What do you have to loose? Even if you do not enjoy the experience, you will not of lost anything. You will have only gained knowledge.