Thank you, Chair.
I want to thank the mover of the amendment for bringing it forward. I just want to say on the record, and repeat what I said when I appeared before the committee as the sponsor of the bill, that my preference would be that this particular item be dealt with separately and that this product be dealt with under different laws and regulations.
However, given the fact that I don't think this side of the table can be confident that the government side of the table would know how to do that appropriately, this seems to be the most reasonable solution.
Therefore, Mr. Chair, it is not with regret but with frustration, I think, that we will be voting in favour of this amendment because the government has simply not figured out the difference between health products and things that are not natural health products, and we have no reason to believe that they ever will.
As I said, it would be my preference not to handle it in this way, but because this issue does, I believe, need to be handled in some manner, it is a reluctant vote of approval for this amendment from myself as the sponsor of the bill.