Absolute rubbish. Dr. Stern's potential conflict of interest disclosure is plainly written in the final paper. This is appears to be a dishonourable and almost laughable attempt by the McMaster committee to throw a good doctor under the bus due to political pressure. 
 Dr. STERN'S DISCLOSURE FROM THE CMAJ PUBLISHED GUIDELINE PAPER:
"Competing interests: ...Sol Stern was a member of advisory boards for Astra Zeneca, Bristol-My ers Squibb and Johnson and Johnson; received fees for expert opinions from the Canadian MedicalProtective Association; received consulting fees from mdBriefCase.com, Ethypharm and Sea Courses; and received honoraria for Continuing Medical Education presentations from Purdue Pharma and Paladin...."  Are we to now believe that no-one on this committee read the final drafts before publication and were subsequently not aware of the doctor's  disclosure.? Unbelievable!!