Madam Speaker, on Wednesday, more than 30 organizations called on the Prime Minister to support a temporary waiver of certain intellectual property rights at the World Trade Organization.
The TRIPS provisions treat vaccine technology and knowledge as the private property of pharmaceutical companies, but the research was paid for with $100 billion of public funds from across the world, including Canada.
The purpose of the vaccine is not to pad the pockets of multinational corporations; it is to protect public health and get the economy back on track.
When will the Liberals stop putting profit before people and sign on to this important initiative?