Nay.
An Act to amend the Patent Act (drugs for international humanitarian purposes)
This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2013.
This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2013.
Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)
Defeated, as of Nov. 28, 2012
(This bill did not become law.)
This is from the published bill.
This enactment amends the Patent Act to make it easier to manufacture and export pharmaceutical products to address public health problems afflicting many developing and least-developed countries, especially those resulting from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other epidemics.
All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.
Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-398s:
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The Deputy Speaker
In my opinion, the yeas have it.
And five or more members having risen:
Pursuant to Standing Order 93, the division stands deferred until Wednesday, November 28, immediately before the time provided for private members' business.
The House resumed from November 21 consideration of the motion that Bill C-398, An Act to amend the Patent Act (drugs for international humanitarian purposes), be read the second time and referred to a committee.
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The Deputy Speaker Joe Comartin
It being 5:30 p.m., the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-398 under private members' business.
Call in the members.
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