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[FranandDave Nokes <fdnokes@hotmail.com>]

In a previous post, I sent the details of the dangers of Bill C-36 which has 
made its way to its last port of call, the Canadian Senate.
Tomorrow is the final vote.
Let's look for as many 'reinforcements' as we can.
All those who feel the urge, please forward and send emails.
We have to send these off today: Monday. The vote is tomorrow!

http://nhppa.org/?page_id=1750
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Excerpt from a message that a concerned citizen sent to the leader of 
Canada's opposition:
Thank
you for coming here today Mr Ignatieff.



My
question concerns Bill c-36 an act respecting consumer product
safety. 

Whilst
we all acknowledge the need for protection from unsafe products, the
Hazardous Products Act with a few simple tweeks could give us all
that is needed in today’s market.



Bill
C-36 initially introduced before the election of 2008 as Bill C-51 is
designed to replace Part one of the HPA and is absolutely full of non
safety issues.



The
rule of law in Canada has always been innocent until proven guilty
beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law, but in this Bill C-36 it
is changed to guilty until proven innocent to the Minister of health
without recourse to a court of law .



Even
more important is the change to have foreign governments and bodies
of foreign states make our regulations, and it is a short step to
allow them to make the laws too.  




In
Bill C-36 section two under interpretations, government is defined as
in subsection (e) a government of a foreign state or a subdivision of
a foreign state, or in sub section (f) an international organization
of states.



So
under regulations defined in section 37 (2) this means that
governments of countries like China, or Israel, or states such as
Alabama or New South Wales in Australia, or even bodies such as WTO
or WHO could easily be making regulations for Canada



In
spite of attempts to ask questions not only of you sir, but of all
MPs not one of you would address this particular issue either in the
House or by letter, and now in just a few days Bill C-36 has passed
through the House of Commons second reading, committee stage, and
third reading by voice  vote at an incredible speed . Now the problem
is that once this precedent is set, it will be in the next budget and
then our budget will be controlled by the World Bank and the IMF.



There
is only one way left to stop this Bill, now that the Senate is a
Harper rubber stamp, and that is for the House to close again for a
change of government or prorogation, which ever comes first.



My
question is :



Why
did neither you nor your party see this danger in Bill C-36 which
opens the door to foreign government’s controlling our Canadian
regulations without parliamentary oversight?