# "67" - “Health Canada Protects Patents, Not Patients” + Spencer Pratt’s Political Rise

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Podcast: [No BS with Brad Smith](https://stenobird.com/podcast/no-bs-with-brad-smith-7712062)
Published: 2026-06-03T09:50:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1825

## Resource

Shawn Buckley, constitutional lawyer and President of the Natural Health Product Protection Association (NHPPA), joins Brad to discuss peptides, natural health products, pharmaceutical patents, Health Canada regulations, and the growing debate over medical freedom in Canada. Later, Philip Millar, lawyer, political commentator, and host of The Rogue Lawyer, weighs in on Spencer Pratt’s mayoral ambitions, Karen Bass, and why outsider candidates are reshaping modern politics.

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