Foreign Affairs committee  Certainly campaigns to combat misinformation are key and vaccine hesitancy is an issue everywhere. That being said, I would say two things. I would say low supply to many places has bred hesitancy. Here, it's very mainstream. Everybody gets the vaccine, everybody talks about it.

Foreign Affairs committee  I don't know the ins and outs of the Ottawa Group and everything they're doing, but I hope they can play a constructive role. I just think it's important that it not be construed as an alternative to the TRIPS waiver, because the IP barriers that developing countries have been ra

Foreign Affairs committee  I can speak to that. Through the ACT Accelerator, there are several arms. I'm happy to see that Canada is not focusing only on vaccines, but also through the other arms and diagnostics and treatment, etc. That being said, this TRIPS waiver compromise proposal is quite worrisome

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, the government has always stated with regard to the TRIPS waiver that its goal is to work constructively to find a consensus-based solution at the WTO that would be acceptable to everybody. In reality, though, this nebulous position has made it very difficult to tell what th

Foreign Affairs committee  In the third way, the Walker process, driven by the Ottawa Group, they say they're aiming to tackle issues like supply chains, export restrictions and other issues that the industry has identified as being barriers to production. Unfortunately, it contains nothing on intellectual

Foreign Affairs committee  No, they have said that they want a consensus-based solution that works for everybody. I suspect that their reasons, much like the other wealthy countries that have obstructed the TRIPS waiver, have to do with not wanting to take a position that would be contrary to the interests

Foreign Affairs committee  The government have been responsive. They've been willing to meet with us, but as I said, their position is so nebulous that it prevents us from getting into detailed discussions with them on anything. Their speaking lines continue to be that they support consensus and that they'