Mr. Speaker, there is no legislation before the House of Commons. There is a draft proposal before the health committee, eight years after legislation was promised.
There are at least 16 patent applications currently before the Canadian patent office, mainly from American biotech firms.
The government is already presiding over the commercialization of health care. The government is already in the pockets of the multinational drug companies.
Is the Prime Minister ready to literally sell off our birthright to the government's corporate backers?