[Viva] Fwd: Liberals Support Bill C-398 / Les libéraux appuient le projet de loi C-398

Sun Nov 25 18:48:25 PST 2012

Good to know, Charlene, I will let you know how it is going.
Denise

On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 6:41 PM, CHARLENE ANDERSON <pickles4 at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Thanks Denise I with Wendy and I like getting the updates and suggestions
> of things to do and actions to take.
> Char
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Denise Becker <dbecker106 at gmail.com>
> To: viva at lists.resist.ca
> Sent: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:32:17 -0700 (MST)
> Subject: Re: [Viva]     Fwd: Liberals Support Bill C-398 / Les libéraux
> appuient le projet de loi C-398
>
> Thanks Wendy! In addition, and it's important to know, the NDP are 100%
> behind this Bill too. The Conservatives are being non-committal. If you
> ask the MP in your riding, it he/she is Conservative, they will likely tell
> you they have not made up their mind. I asked Ron Cannan and he eventually
> met with Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and it sounded promising and so I
> followed up with a letter congratulating him on his choice and telling him
> I would be letting everyone I know in Kelowna that he decided to vote yes!
>  This is a way of keeping up the pressure. The Vernon MP Colin Mayes will
> not return calls or emails and he voted no last time. I will be putting a
> plea into as many people as I can in Vernon to call him.
>
> Everyone should have access to any life saving medication. Patents are
> extended by combining medications and what was a 10 - 20 year patent
> becomes a 40 year patent.. all so that pharmas can make more money and
> people in poor nations are not allowed to save their families or
> themselves... it is really, really horrific.
>
> Denise
>
> On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Wendybebe73 at gmail.com <
> wendybebe73 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Awesome work Denise. Good to see progress already. That is a very
> > 'positive' thing to hear. Keep on rocking their boat. Please keep in
> > contact with me, I want to learn all I can and be as helpful as I am
> able.
> > We have to fight for each other, across the street or across the world.
> Its
> > good to know there are peeps like you fighting the good fight. You go
> > girl!!! (i actually hate that expression but i felt it works here!) take
> > care Denise!
> >
> > Denise Becker <dbecker106 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > >From: Denise Becker <dbecker106 at gmail.com>
> > >Date: Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 7:47 PM
> > >Subject: Re: Liberals Support Bill C-398 / Les libéraux appuient le
> projet
> > >de loi C-398
> > >To: bob.rae at parl.gc.ca
> > >
> > >
> > >Dear Mr. McKone:
> > >
> > >Thank you for your letter regarding the Liberal Party's and Mr. Rae's
> > >position on Bill C-398. It is extremely good news that your Party is at
> > >the forefront of Human Rights. I will pass on this news to the women I
> > >know who have HIV and to my friends and acquaintances... it certainly
> > makes
> > >me confident in the ability of the Liberal Party to be our Nation's
> > leaders.
> > >
> > >Thank you again and my very best regards,
> > >
> > >Denise Becker
> > >
> > >
> > >2012/11/23 <bob.rae at parl.gc.ca>
> > >
> > > *Le français suit l’anglais*
> > >>
> > >> On behalf of Liberal Leader Bob Rae, I would like to thank you for
> your
> > >> recent email regarding Bill C-398, *An Act to amend the Patent Act
> > (drugs
> > >> for international humanitarian purposes)*.****
> > >>
> > >> ** **
> > >>
> > >> There is no question that we need to get more low-cost medicines and
> > other
> > >> essential medical supplies and equipment to people in developing
> > countries.
> > >> It is the right thing to, and it is the Canadian thing to do. The
> > >> Liberal Party believes that the government should commit itself to the
> > >> procurement of quality medicines wherever they are available to help
> > those
> > >> countries most in need roll back the advance of devastating diseases
> > like
> > >> HIV/AIDs, malaria, and tuberculosis that are ravaging their
> > populations, as
> > >> well as to assist in creating lasting health infrastructure in their
> > >> countries. It is for these reasons that Liberal MPs will be voting in
> > >> favour of Bill C-398 at second reading.****
> > >>
> > >> ** **
> > >>
> > >> However, while the Harper Conservatives claim to have made good on the
> > >> previous Liberal government’s promise to double aid to Africa, the
> > reality
> > >> is that they are hundreds of millions short. The Conservatives have
> > also
> > >> cut Canada’s funding for vaccine research and for advances in
> > microbicides
> > >> to the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and the
> > International
> > >> Partnership for Microbicides (IPM).****
> > >>
> > >> ** **
> > >>
> > >> Thank you for taking the time to write to the Leader of the Liberal
> > Party.
> > >> ****
> > >>
> > >> ** **
> > >>
> > >> Yours sincerely,****
> > >>
> > >> ** **
> > >>
> > >> Colin McKone****
> > >>
> > >> Office of the Liberal Leader****
> > >>
> > >> ** **
> > >> ------------------------------
> > >>
> > >> ** **
> > >>
> > >> ** **
> > >>
> > >> Au nom du chef libéral Bob Rae, j’aimerais vous remercier pour votre
> > >> récent courriel concernant le projet de loi C-398 visant à modifier la
> > *Loi
> > >> sur les brevets (produits pharmaceutiques à des fins
> humanitaires)*.****
> > >>
> > >> ** **
> > >>
> > >> Il est clair que nous devons acheminer davantage de médicaments à
> > moindre
> > >> coût et d’autres fournitures et équipements médicaux vers les pays en
> > voie
> > >> de développement. C’est la bonne chose à faire et c’est dans la
> > tradition
> > >> canadienne. Le Parti libéral croit que le gouvernement devrait
> > s’engager à
> > >> faciliter l’accès aux médicaments de qualité, là où ils sont
> > disponibles,
> > >> aux pays qui en ont le plus besoin afin de ralentir la progression des
> > >> maladies dévastatrices comme le VIH/SIDA, la malaria et la
> tuberculose,
> > qui
> > >> font des ravages dans ces populations. En outre, le gouvernement
> devrait
> > >> aider à la création d’une infrastructure de santé durable dans ces
> pays.
> > >> C’est la raison pour laquelle les députés libéraux voteront en faveur
> du
> > >> projet de loi C-398 en deuxième lecture*.*
> > >>
> > >> * *
> > >>
> > >> Toutefois, les conservateurs de Harper prétendent qu’ils ont donné
> > suite à
> > >> la promesse du gouvernement libéral précédent, soit de doubler l’aide
> en
> > >> faveur de l’Afrique. Dans les faits, il y a un manque à gagner de
> > centaines
> > >> de millions de dollars. Les conservateurs ont aussi réduit le
> > financement
> > >> pour la recherche sur les vaccins et pour le progrès dans le domaine
> des
> > >> microbicides dans le cadre de l’initiative internationale pour un
> vaccin
> > >> contre le sida (IIVS) et le partenariat international pour les
> > microbicides
> > >> (PIM).****
> > >>
> > >> ** **
> > >>
> > >> Je vous remercie d’avoir pris le temps d’écrire au chef du Parti
> > libéral.*
> > >> ***
> > >>
> > >> ** **
> > >>
> > >> Cordialement,****
> > >>
> > >> ** **
> > >>
> > >> Colin McKone****
> > >>
> > >> Bureau de chef libéral****
> > >>
> > >> ** **
> > >>
> > >> ** **
> > >>
> > >> ** **
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
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