I can buy turmeric at the grocery store. I don't need to buy it off the vitamin shelf. I can buy a grapefruit from the grocery store, and it'll interfere with the statin. You guys are clever enough to figure out how to counsel people in those kinds of situations. I'm not understanding what you need these powers for. Furthermore, all we need to do is add an amendment to Bill C-224 for recall power, which was added in the last Parliament under Bill C-368. I'm assuming that amendment will come again. It seems to solve all of your problems.
I'm not sure what it is that the pharmacists association is so upset about. Doctors seem to be able to figure these things out when they say to not take grapefruit when they prescribe the statin. The pharmacists can figure this out. I don't know what the actual problem is that you're trying to solve, but it sure does create a lot of headaches for the natural health product industry to have these extra layers of red tape and bureaucracy.
I'm going to turn my questions to Mr. Chen. Nobody's had a chance to ask him this question yet.
Mr. Chen, you have the traditional Chinese medicine experience. I think you're probably one of the foremost experts we have in Canada on traditional Chinese medicine. Based on the previous administration, when Bill C-368 was passed, you were very supportive of my bill then. You're still very supportive of my bill now.
There was the protocol that the Government of Canada had in place: the self-care framework. Could you explain to me what the threat was to the traditional Chinese medicine industry in Canada? Was it an existential threat to your industry?