International Trade committee  The way I see it is that there are the current flexibilities on one end of the spectrum, and a waiver is basically saying, let's completely do away with copyright, patents, industrial designs and trade secrets, which is a very big carve-out from TRIPS. The existing flexibilitie

International Trade committee  Is that question posed to me?

International Trade committee  It's hard for me to answer on behalf of an industry. I note that you have the representatives of the industry sitting here, and they can provide a view.

International Trade committee  I'll let them explain what they perceive as the impact to their industry.

International Trade committee  I started my comments by saying that we were not going to recommend a solution, and I'm certain that, if I were to canvass the membership of IPIC, there would be a diversity of views. What I can say is that a pragmatic solution is needed. We're trying to get vaccines to as many

International Trade committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and honourable members of the committee. I represent the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, or IPIC, as a past board member and a past chair of its international trade policy committee. For those who don't know, IPIC is the professional association