I believe so. Essentially, we at the Canadian Health Food Association are saying that the process by which Health Canada acquired these powers was inadequate. If we redefine natural health products so that they are now under the drug category, that changes everything. A change in the definition of these products involves changes not only in the act, but also in the regulations, as well as in all the policies and directives that follow.
We need to be able to review recall powers without having to redefine an entire industry. Otherwise, we would be the only country to define natural health products as drugs. Other countries define them more as food. The industry would be happy if this could be done, because it would prevent other changes that would make natural health products look more and more like drugs.