Big pharmaceutical companies and Health Minister Tony Clement have pulled a bold maneuver in the Canadian House of Commons April 8. Introduced as Bill C-51, the statute proposes sweeping amendments to the Food and Drugs Act that would put natural health products under far tighter regulations and prevent a majority of plant-derived substances from ever […]
Don’t Trash Freedom: Top Four Legal Myths
Our government is powerful. It can take everything from you, even your life. We’ve got a few rights that protect us from it, and a few myths that keep us from the truth - and nothing but the whole truth. Let me uncover four of them for you. And, yeah, I’m an actual lawyer.
Myth 1: A […]
To Beat Depression, You Need to Fight Fire with Fire
I know what it’s like to be depressed. I was so depressed I could not work. So depressed I could hardly get out of bed, and if I did manage to exhume myself from my grave and out of my apartment, I would always wear dark sunglasses to hide my sad eyes. Talking to people […]
