“This presentation will touch on all of these issues as well, but from a different perspective: the perspective of human rights. In particular, we have heard a lot today about bioethics, which focuses on questions about what is right and wrong or more right or less wrong, and is informed by guidelines such as the … Read more
“On 26 January 2004, the city council of Montréal adopted a policy outlining the medical standards for hiring of the Service de police de la ville de Montréal (SPVM); a copy of this policy is attached as Appendix A ( les “normes d’embauche”). These standards echo in large part those of the École Nationale de … Read more
“I write to follow up on our previous submissions to the Standing Committee regarding Bill C-9, Canada’s laudable initiative to implement the WTO General Council Decision of August 30, 2003 to enable countries lacking sufficient pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity to ‘make effective use’ of compulsory licensing to obtain lower cost generic pharmaceutical products manufactured in Canada…”
“As was requested by the Committee when we appeared before you on February 26, 2004, we have provided the Committee with our supplementary submissions regarding the alternatives to the ‘right of refusal’ that had been proposed to the Committee… “However, discussions at subsequent Committee meetings have indicated that Committee members are under a fundamental misapprehension … Read more