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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce

Second Session, Fortieth Parliament, 2009

Chair: The Honourable MICHAEL A. MEIGHEN


Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Issue No. 11

Second and third meetings on:

Bill S-232, An Act to amend the Patent Act (drugs for international humanitarian purposes) and to make consequential amendment to another act


WITNESSES:

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Doctors Without Borders:

Rachel Kiddell-Monroe, Advisor, MSF Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines.

Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network:

Richard Elliott, Executive Director;

Cailin Morrison, Legal Advisor, Trade and Intellectual Property Law.

Universities Allied for Essential Mecidines:

Aria Ilyad Ahmad, UAEM, Chapter Leader, University of Toronto.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

UNICEF:

Robert Gass, Pediatric HIV Focal Point based at UNICEF;

Meg French, Director, International Programmes;

Tenu Avafia, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Policy Specialist, Intellectual Property and Trade.

Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association:

Jim Keon, President.

Apotex Inc.:

Jack Kay, President and Chief Operating Officer;

Bruce Clark, Vice-President, Regulatory and Medical Affairs.


MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Michael A. Meighen, Chair

The Honourable Céline Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

*Cowan (or Tardif), Fox, P.C., Frum, Gerstein, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Massicotte, Moore, Peterson, Greene, Harb, Raine, Ringuette

* Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Change in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Raine replaced the Honourable Senator Oliver (October 19, 2009).


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