Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Industry wrote to the unelected Conservative senators and directed them to kill the medicine for all or drugs for Africa bill despite the fact that Bill C-393 was passed by the majority of elected members of this House, including 26 Conservatives. The minister's contempt for democracy is appalling.
The Conservatives may be in the pockets of big pharma but Canadians did not elect big pharma. They also did not elect the Senate.
Why is the minister putting the interests of Conservative insiders and big pharma ahead of saving lives?