[Viva] FW: Urgent Call to Action: Help Save Reforms to Canada's Access to Medicines Regime
Denise Becker
dbecker106 at gmail.com
Fri Oct 29 13:13:30 PDT 2010
I called Dan McTeague's office today and talked to Glen Bradbury his
assistant... what an incredible man! I don't think we have to call Dan's
office - well at least Glen gets it and my conversation with him was
absolutely amazing. He told me flat out this is the second biggest campaign
they have ever seen and also, that Big Pharma will win. He said the
grannies yesterday made a huge mark and what we need to do is find out who
votes against it and have a sign up when they are up for election saying
that they do not care who has died because of their vote.
He said keep phoning and writing because they MPs need to hear our disgust.
Denise Becker
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Ross Harvey <rossh at bcpwa.org> wrote:
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> *From:* Lindsey Amèrica-Simms [mailto:lsimms at aidslaw.ca]
> *Sent:* October-29-10 11:29 AM
> *To:* Ross Harvey
> *Subject:* Urgent Call to Action: Help Save Reforms to Canada's Access to
> Medicines Regime
>
>
>
> You have all been so supportive of the call to action alerts we’ve been
> distributing this week – John Baird’s office told us this week that they
> were being overwhelmed with phone calls and letters. Thank you for your
> patience and dedication. We know we've been asking a lot lately, but it's
> because this is it: with the last committee meeting on Monday, bill C-393
> will either be gutted of all useful clauses and die, or it will proceed, as
> it is, to the House of Commons.
>
>
>
> << Please disseminate widely >>
>
> * *
>
> *Urgent Call to Action: Help Save Reforms to Canada’s Access to Medicines
> Regime*
>
> *CALLS TO MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT NEEDED BETWEEN NOW AND MONDAY MORNING!*
>
> * *
>
> *See below for telephone numbers**. **You can download the full call to
> action here:
> http://www.aidslaw.ca/EN/camr/documents/ActionAlertOct292010-EN.pdf. *
>
>
>
> In Ottawa yesterday, the Parliamentary committee studying Bill C-393, which
> would fix the flaws in Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR), extended
> their clause-by-clause discussion of the bill by announcing a new session on
> Monday, November 1st at 10 a.m.
>
>
>
> During yesterday’s 2-hour meeting, some MPs (particularly from the Bloc
> Quebecois) ran out the clock on the time for discussion at the meeting, and
> others (particularly Liberal MP Marc Garneau, with support from Conservative
> MPs on the committee) were pushing for amendments that would remove the "one
> license" provisions of Bill C-393, essentially gutting the bill and leaving
> the current flawed CAMR unchanged. At the end the committee meeting, NDP MP
> Brian Masse sought unanimous consent from the Committee to extend the time
> for continuing the clause-by-clause debate and initially the Conservative
> MPs refused.
>
>
>
> Grandmothers, who had showed up in force at the committee hearings,
> disrupted the meeting at that point and began shouting their disgust at the
> shameful behaviour of some Committee members, before walking out of the
> committee room and leading an impromptu demonstration on the street outside
> the building. Watch a video of their demonstration here:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMT--lMJQgY. Committee members subsequently
> decided to schedule an additional meeting for Monday morning to continue
> their debate on the bill.
>
>
>
> What this means is that the Committee will resume where it left off –
> including discussing Liberal MP Marc Garneau’s amendment that would gut Bill
> C-393 by removing its proposal for a “one-licence” mechanism in a reformed
> CAMR. That means we have a limited window to try and influence the
> discussion planned for Monday. *We therefore encourage you to call the MPs
> listed below to tell them you want them to support Bill C-393 as it is now
> *.
>
>
>
> Please make your calls as soon as possible, and before Monday morning at 10
> a.m. Even calling over the weekend is fine, as long as you make sure to
> leave a message.
>
>
>
>
>
> *PRIORITY #1: Leaders of the Liberal Party and the Bloc Québécois**
>
> **Michael Ignatieff, Leader of the Liberal Party* **
>
> *Message*: You told the grandmothers you support improving CAMR, 80% of
> Canadians support this bill, former Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin
> supports it, and a majority of Liberal MPs do too. Please ask Marc Garneau
> to withdraw his amendments that will gut this bill.
>
> Contact Mr. Ignatieff’s office by phone and email at:
>
> - Parliamentary office: tel 613 995-9364
> - Constituency office (Etobicoke, ON): tel 416 251-5510
> - Email: Ignatieff.M at parl.gc.ca
>
> *
> **Gilles Duceppe, Leader of the Bloc Québécois * (Note: It’s only worth
> calling if you live in Quebec or if you can get relatives/ friends from
> Quebec to call.)
>
> *Message*: Why are Bloc MPs supporting the Conservatives on Bill C-393,
> and filibustering at the Industry Committee to kill this bill that so many
> Quebecers support? Ask your MPs to support the current version of Bill C-393
> at the committee on Monday.
>
> *Note*: A nationally-representative poll was done last year showing 80% of
> Canadians overall support reforming CAMR. Specific numbers among those
> polled in Quebec found the following:
>
> · 97% of Quebecers said it was very important or somewhat
> important for Canada to help people in the developing world who need access
> to medicines for things such as AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria;
>
> · 50% of Quebecers said the federal government is not providing
> enough help to developing countries in making medicines more affordable;
>
> · 64% of Quebecers support the proposals to fix CAMR to help
> developing countries get more affordable medicines;
>
> · 90% of Quebecers say it’s more important to ensure that CAMR has
> a simplified process allowing quick sale and delivery of affordable
> medicines to developing countries than to protect patents of brand-name drug
> companies;
>
> · 74% of Quebecers support the basic proposal of Bill C-393 to
> simplify CAMR so that only one licence is needed to supply various
> developing countries with more affordable generic medicines.
>
> · 54% of Quebecers agree that the fact that CAMR has only been
> used to supply one drug to one country (Rwanda), and the generic drug
> company that has tried this one use of CAMR is unwilling to use it again,
> makes them even more supportive of reforming CAMR.
>
> · After hearing various arguments *against* reforming CAMR, 77% of
> Quebecers still say they are support reforming CAMR.
>
>
> Contact Mr. Duceppe’s office by phone and email at:
>
> - Parliamentary office: tel 613 992- 6779
> - Constituency office (Montreal, QC): tel 514 522-1339
> - Email: Duceppe.G at parl.gc.ca**
>
> *PRIORITY #2: Individual MPs on the Industry Committee***
>
> Contact the MPs who are members of the Industry Committee (excluding NDP MP
> Brian Masse who is a full and active supporter of Bill C-393).
>
> *Message:* What happened at the Industry Committee this week with Bill
> C-393 was embarrassing. Ignoring facts and evidence from multiple experts,
> and then trying to push through amendments that would gut Bill C-393, is
> wrong. Please listen to what the experts are saying on this bill and the
> 80% of Canadians who support CAMR reform and support the current version of
> the bill.
>
> *Mike Wallace (Conservative)*
> Parliamentary office: tel 613 995-0881
> Constituency office (Burlington, ON): tel 905 639-5757
> E-mail: Wallace.M at parl.gc.ca
>
> *Mike Lake (Conservative; Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Industry,
> Tony Clement)*
>
> Parliamentary office: tel 613 995 8695
>
> Constituency office (Edmonton, AB): tel 780 495 2149
>
> Email: Lake.M at parl.gc.ca
>
>
>
> *David Sweet (Conservative; Chair of the Industry Committee)*
>
> Parliamentary office: tel 613 996 4984
>
> Constituency office (Dundas, ON): tel 905 627-9169
>
> Email: Sweet.D at parl.gc.ca
>
>
>
> *Peter Braid (Conservative)*
>
> Parliamentary office: tel 613 996 5928
>
> Constituency office (Kitchener, ON): tel 519 746-1573
>
> Email: Braid.P at parl.gc.ca
>
>
>
> *Gordon Brown (Conservative)*
>
> Parliamentary office: tel 613 992-8756
>
> Constituency office (Brockville, ON): tel 613 498-3096
>
> Email: Brown.G at parl.gc.ca
>
> * *
>
> *Dave van Kesteren (Conservative)*
>
> Parliamentary office: tel 613 992-2612
>
> Constituency office (Chatham, ON): tel 519 358-7555
>
> Email: VanKesteren.D at parl.gc.ca
>
>
>
> *Luc Malo (Bloc Québécois, point-person for BQ on Bill C-393, leading the
> party’s position at the Industry Committee)*
>
> Parliamentary office: tel 613 996-2998
>
> Constituency office (Varennes, QC): tel 450 652-4442
>
> Email: Malo.L at parl.gc.ca
>
> * *
>
> *Robert Bouchard (Bloc Québécois; Vice-Chair of the Industry Committee)*
>
> Parliamentary office: tel 613 992-7207
>
> Constituency office (Chicoutimi, QC): 418 698-5648
>
> Email: Bouchard.R at parl.gc.ca
>
>
>
> *Serge Cardin (Bloc Québécois)*
>
> Parliamentary office: tel 613 943-7896
>
> Constituency office (Sherbrooke, QC): 819 564-4200
>
> Email: Cardin.S at parl.gc.ca
>
>
>
> *Dan McTeague (Liberal)*
>
> Parliamentary office: tel 613 995-8082
>
> Constituency office (Toronto, ON): 416 287-0110
>
> Email: McTeague.D at parl.gc.ca
>
>
>
> *Anthony Rota (Liberal)*
>
> Parliamentary office: tel 613 995-6255
>
> Constituency office (North Bay, ON): 705 474-3700
>
> Email: Rota.A at parl.gc.ca
>
>
>
> Obviously please feel free to express in your own words. For more
> background information please visit www.aidslaw.ca/camr.
>
>
>
> Thank you.
>
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