Industry committee  Thank you very much. These two points, the list of medicines and the Health Canada approval, are both above and beyond what's required by the WTO. These were things the Canadian government decided to add in those negotiations; they are not necessarily according to WTO standards

Industry committee  I have a very quick comment to make, Mr. Bouchard. I don't think that there's only one possible solution. There are many initiatives Canada could undertake. Bill C-393 is one of them; it can help. There are certainly other initiatives that could be undertaken. The Global Fund to

Industry committee  Yes, I absolutely do, and I think that is because of the entrance of generic competition into the market and bringing down the prices. That's exactly why that has been accomplished. We also have to remember there are still nine million people who have HIV/AIDS who do not have acc

Industry committee  The question is the sustainability of that increase, and if we need new lines of drugs that are being protected under patents—and they're not being produced all over the place, as seems to be implied at the moment, for distribution—then the problem is not going to be improved. Of

Industry committee  They were very quick to respond to the first request for a voluntary licence, which was made quite early in 2005, with a 14-page lawyer's letter back for all the reasons why the companies were not able to accept, to issue a voluntary licence at that moment. Those actual negotiati

Industry committee  Bill C-393 actually specifically addresses some of the barriers that we saw in trying to use the legislation. First of all, in terms of the countries and the notification, the system under the current regime makes a country declare its intention to the WTO to ensure compulsory

Industry committee  Good morning. Thank you for inviting me to your meeting. I am very happy to be here. I also want to thank my students from McGill University, who gave me permission to be here today. Another professor is replacing me, and I'd like to thank him as well. I have worked with human