International Trade committee  Ideally, yes, but it has been clearly demonstrated that the voluntary aspect of it is not working. The C-TAP has been around for months now, and no pharmaceutical company has offered that up or agreed to join C-TAP. There are many layers to that, and the Bill Gates foundation pla

International Trade committee  Yes, but it's not the only solution. We've established that it's not the only thing that's needed. It's not the silver bullet, but it's a necessary and important first step to create the space for other necessary measures. I definitely think it's necessary. That's why there's a

International Trade committee  Yes, definitely the core of this issue is the moral imperative. If you just look at the way the COVAX program is playing out right now, you can see that it's very clearly not sufficient. It's underfunded, and the pledge for two billion doses by the end of 2021 is nowhere near eno

International Trade committee  I do. There needs to be a global effort to support that effort. Even if the capacity is not there right now, there needs to be a global effort to invest in it worldwide. The waiver opens up that policy space for that to happen.

International Trade committee  I think of C-TAP, which isn't being used, but there are structures there to pool resources and know-how. The waiver provides a will to do so and a global commitment to do so. The pharmaceutical companies could be doing voluntary licensing right now, but there is no push or consen

International Trade committee  I'm not sure if I have enough expertise to answer that question correctly, to be honest. I haven't done enough research on the Quebec industry.

International Trade committee  I definitely do, and in my statement that's what I was trying to get to. The imperatives here for the few multinational corporations that are dominating the market right now, as we can see in the COVID pandemic, are monopolizing and restricting the global production capacity. R

International Trade committee  Hi. Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee, for having me today. My name is Jesse Whattam. I'm here representing the Trade Justice Network, which is a coalition of environmental, civil society, indigenous, labour and social justice organizations that came together i

International Trade committee  I can hear you, but my connection keeps cutting in and out, so I've been having difficulty. I'm keeping my camera off and I hope that boosts my connection.

International Trade committee  Yes, absolutely, I'll definitely take that question. If I cut out, it's because my connection dropped. You mentioned the pandemic, and I think of the ways in which the global community has come together. Especially when you're talking about civil society organizations and grassr

International Trade committee  Thank you, Chair and members of the committee, for having me. My name is Jesse Whattam, and I'm here representing the Trade Justice Network, which is a coalition of environmental, civil society, student, indigenous, cultural, farming, labour and social justice organizations that