Health committee  It might be in groups, but it's a group of professionals working together cooperatively.

Health committee  I know. I was only giving the example.

Health committee  It was 10 years ago, back in 1999.

Health committee  No, not really. In fact, natural health products are still not fully regulated. That's the problem, and yet some of the things are disappearing. But as my colleagues have said here at the table, I think we need a push from the federal government to tell the provinces that we all

Health committee  Yes. To answer your first question, it is. We have brought this up to the provinces numerous times across Canada. Secondly, Canada's primary health care transition fund funded a study from 2004 to 2006 to establish interdisciplinary cooperative care. They established models. They

Health committee  Yes. We have looked at the B.C. scope of practice. It's just being put into place so we don't have all the details, but that would definitely be very helpful, because it will allow them to have access to the botanicals, the nutritional substances, the amino acids, and the vitamin

Health committee  I'm going to answer the first part of your question and let Dr. Lescheid answer the second part. On the first part of your question, I'll use an example. We worked with Canada Post in doing a research study in which patients received standard naturopathic care, including all of

Health committee  Good afternoon, committee members. My name is Dr. Paul Saunders. I'm a naturopathic doctor in private practice in Ancaster, Ontario. I'm on the faculty of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine and engaged in teaching, research, and clinical education. I am vice-chair of