Dr. Marc-André Gagnon at the International Trade Committee

On February 13th, 2014. See this statement in context.

February 13th, 2014 / 12:50 p.m.

Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University, As an Individual

Yes, absolutely.

We're beefing up the intellectual property regime for brand-name drugs. The effect of an intellectual property regime is to increase the cost we're paying for something in order to provide incentives for innovation. So yes, absolutely this is the nature of it.

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