Former federal NDP leader Tom Mulcair appeared at a pro-homeopathy conference on Tuesday, much to the dismay of critics who say his presence serves to legitimize a field they denounce as pseudoscience.
He said he believes there is "scientific proof of their efficacy," and argued the Quebec government should do more to recognize and regulate the field to protect consumers' safety and their freedom to choose the products they feel work best for them.
Homeopathy is based on the principle that "like cures like '' — a belief that a disease can be cured by ingesting a small dose of something that produces similar symptoms in a healthy person.
Proponents of homeopathy also believe that a product becomes more potent the more it is diluted — a principle that flies in the face of basic scientific principles, said Jonathan Jarry of the McGill Office for Science and Society.
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