* Many natural health products that have been sold in Canada for decades would become unavailable, and remaining products would cost much more (Sections 13 & 18.7);
* The government could designate any natural health product a prescription drug, making it available by prescription only (Section 15.1(4));
* You could be fined thousands of dollars or go to jail for giving your child or friend a natural health product (Sections 31 & 3(3);
* Researchers would lose academic freedom: they could not study the beneficial effects of natural health products without first getting the government's permission (Sections 3(6) & 18.2);
* International laws that restrict access to natural health products could be made law in Canada without the approval of elected officials or any debate in the House of Commons (Sections 3(6) & 30(7));
* To enforce this new law, inspectors could enter private property and (Section 23) take anything at their discretion; never pay the owner for it; charge the owner of the property a fee for shipping it to a secure storage unit; charge the owner of the property fees for keeping it in storage; keep it in storage as long as they want; and/or dispose of it at will.
