But how? If I'm not mistaken, parliament passed Bill C-36 (including severe amendments/additions to the Consumer Product Regs) back in 2010 which gives a LUDICROUS amount of power to Health Canada to overstep their proper, constitutional grounds and shut down businesses on a whim while playing judge, jury, and executioner. (They did this to try and stop natural health remedies - Big Pharma sure has it's dirty paws on HC - and may well do this to our community as well.) This is how I think they got away with what they did to Zen in Montreal - invaded his home like he was some terrorist to confiscate e-liquid, etc. He tried taking HC to court but the judge sided with guess who. (If anyone hasn't, you should
read Vincent's side of things, quite shocking but no doubt 100% true.
I suppose I should read up on the current forms of the relevant legislation, but from what I've read about the Bill in its original form, I have no idea how it could stand up to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, since it abolishes the law of trespass, not even requiring a regulatory body of the state such as HC to obtain a search warrant first. But then again, this shouldn't be a surprise as the global super-elite continue to attempt to maximize their profits at the expense of the masses' rights and freedoms through organizations such as the UN, EU, trade associations, and the like. I'm not big on conspiracy theories, but I do believe we are currently witnessing a slow erosion of democracy on a global scale, the ramifications of which may not be seen for some time, but I'm becoming more and more convinced of this fact the more research I do into economics and politics. (Like, how does Monsanto continue to stay even in existence despite the barrage of proof that their GMO stuff causes all sorts of problems for human and environmental welfare? And then there's Champix/Chantix/varencline/whatever-the-suicidal-stop-smoking-drug-is-called...nice one Pfizer).
Woops, didn't mean to go on a rant but I think we all need to get informed and be aware of what's going on behind the scenes...if nothing else, I'm thankful to the vaping community for helping open my eyes to some of the fascist-type abuses that can and do occur in this troubled world of ours, even in our own ostensibly free country.