My Health / My rights counted up to 5000 members but most of these were affiliate members whose financial contribution did not allow to support the secretariat and the activities of representation that the organization carried out with the government and the bodies intermediaries.
In announcing the news, Provincial President Micheline Lacaille stressed that it was extremely difficult to mobilize consumers outside of crisis situations. Ma Santé / Mes Droits has always refused to request government subsidies in order to remain free of any ties. This position of principle will have finally exhausted the financial and energy resources of the founders of the organization.
Over the past few months, Ma Santé / Mes Droits has been particularly involved in the Canadian government’s bill to impose very restrictive standards on non-drug products for therapeutic use. His action had helped push back the Minister of Health and set up a House of Commons study committee.
With the dissolution of Ma Santé / Mes Droits, Quebecers lose the only organization exclusively made up of consumers that put forward a point of view in the field of alternative and complementary approaches.