The Deloitte report, I think, debunks many of the claims that were made.
Look, natural health products are proven to be safe and effective. You don't have to go very far to find somebody who's concerned about this. As I said, 80% of Canadians rely on and use natural health products. Colleagues, every one of us received, I would imagine, countless numbers of cards from the various industry associations, urging and encouraging us to do our job, which is actually to serve their interests and not serve the interests of a bureaucracy that, frankly, should and does have the resources it needs. It's just a matter of the government making it a priority and finding out whether or not they're effectively managed within their own department to keep this industry well regulated and moving forward.
Mr. Ellis, you're hard-pressed to find anybody.... I've been a member of Parliament for 19 years. I can count on zero fingers how many letters I got from people saying that we need more protection from natural health products. However, I can tell you that it's going to take a whole lot of fingers to count the number of Canadians who are very concerned right now about this new regulatory regime that's coming in—the self-care framework that Health Canada wants to implement—which directly opposes all of the advice that Parliaments were given, including the report from back in 1998 that natural health products are more closely aligned with and should be treated like food, not as therapeutic drugs.
I just leave that with the committee: Do what the Canadians who wrote to you have asked you to do and support the bill.