Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I think it's really a frustrating space that we're in, and I appreciate the fact that we're trying to get rid of this wrecking amendment. I know my office had thousands of emails come in. We had our phone ringing off the hook with calls from Canadians who were worried about losing their natural health supplements.
One of the more interesting ones is that a woman wrote to me saying that this is so problematic and that it would shut down businesses like hers. This is the big reason she took a step back in her herbal business. She shared that this also greatly affects indigenous medicine keepers and their ability to use their inherent right to medicine. This came from a very proud Métis woman.
I think that this goes to show how problematic this bill was, and so I'm happy that my colleague from the NDP has finally come to see that the amendment he put forward was going to ruin the bill and was going to return us to the space that the Liberals so carelessly brought us into when they decided to completely wreck this industry without so much as consulting with the industry or any stakeholders on this.
However, what can we expect? This is a government that thinks they are above any set of rules. They have no capacity to manage their own time or space. They see everything out of control, and it's evident here in this committee, even in the fact that the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health tried to extend the deadline on this, because he was so afraid of Canadians getting to have the right to their supplements.
We, on this side of the House and on this side of the table very clearly believe that Canadians have the right to make those choices and that Canadians who choose to use natural health products should be allowed to continue making those choices. The very common-sense bill from my colleague Mr. Calkins absolutely will do a good thing in bringing back that space of freedom and hopefully improve the outlook for women like the one I heard from, who said she took a step back in her business because of that omnibus bill that didn't have any conversation or actual oversight. They did this intentionally to be away from any scrutiny.
I am happy that we might be able to get to a space where we can reverse the damage that these Liberals have done.
Thank you.