Clause 2 as it was put forward in Bill C-393 would have deleted the reference to schedule 1 and would have expanded the scope of eligible products for export under Canada's access to medicines regime to any drug as defined under section 2 of the Food and Drugs Act. That would have been the impact of clause 2 of Bill C-393. It would also have changed the definition of authorization under Canada's access to medicines regime to delete a reference that's currently in the act and that talks about a renewal system.
So together with other clauses in Bill C-393, it would have had the impact of removing any limits on the duration of an export authorization in CAMR. That would have been the impact of Bill C-393's clause 2.
In terms of the Liberal amendments, it does not affect Bill C-393's proposed changes to the definition of authorization, hence the issues with regard to no limits on duration continue. It also does not reinsert other definitions that were deleted by Bill C-393.
Currently the act defines things like “General Council Decision”, which is the WTO decision on which CAMR was based, and the meaning of “patented product”. There are a number of other technical definitions that, together with other elements of the regime, add clarity and help define what in fact the purpose of this regime is.