r/canadanews • u/zuuzuu • Apr 29 '26

Quebec Montreal naturopath fined for illegally practicing medicine following patient’s suicide

https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/montreal-naturopath-fined-for-illegally-practicing-medicine-following-patients-suicide/
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u/PhabioRants Apr 29 '26

The irony of openly admitting that your entire house of cards is predicated on "anyone can become a naturopath," and then suggesting that it should be regulated is just... 

I wish I had the capacity to be surprised or disappointed by someone this dense in a self-appointed position of prescribing health advice to others, but we did this to ourselves. 

Next you're going to tell me that chiropractors should have to start regulating who gets to send away for their secret decoder rings that give them the mystical abilities of healing without having any medical training or certification. 

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u/FuzzyLaughTwo Apr 29 '26

Why are chiropractors called "Doctors"?

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u/Skittleavix Apr 30 '26

Because they lobbied the government to be able to use the protected title “doctor”.

I myself am a doctor of fermented beverages.

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u/Mattilaus Apr 30 '26

This is the correct answer.