Mr. Speaker, apparently the Minister of Industry is going to review the legislation and has promised to do that. In fact, we pushed him. The NDP made an amendment to make him do that. However, the report will not be ready for another seven months.
The industry minister has promised to meet with NGOs on this issue, but he has not met with anyone to date. He has no date set, as a matter of fact. So far, all he has done is grant an extension to pharmaceutical patents to make drugs more expensive and harder to get.
When will the minister sit down with the experts and fix the legislation so we can get drugs to the people who need them in Africa and elsewhere?