The main changes C-224 would make, in plain reading order.
Back to billsSponsor: Blaine Calkins, Member of Parliament (Ponoka—Didsbury)
Proposed changes
This enactment amends the Food and Drugs Act to provide that natural health products are not therapeutic products within the meaning of that Act and, therefore, are not subject to the same monitoring regime as other drugs.
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Standing Committee on Health (HESA)
3 meetings between June 16 and October 7, 2026
The most recent recorded speeches on this bill. Links go to the official transcript of that sitting.
Blaine Calkins · Conservative
Sponsor’s speech, November 17, 2025 (House) · Read the transcript
Kevin Lamoureux · Liberal
Response speech, November 17, 2025 (House) · Read the transcript
Luc Thériault · Bloc Québécois
Response speech, November 17, 2025 (House) · Read the transcript
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