In five days, Parliament will vote on a bill that would help the world's poor afford life-saving medicine. But some MPs , backed by big pharma, are trying to kill this bill. Sign the petition and call on Parliament to support medicine for all: In five days, Parliament will decide if Canada joins the fight for affordable medicine. A bill is up for final vote that could provide life saving drugs for people suffering from AIDS, malaria, TB and other treatable illnesses. But some MPs, bowing … [Read more...]
Avaaz – Canada’s killer red tape
March 4, 2011 by
In five days, Parliament will vote on a bill that would help the world's poor afford life-saving medicine. But some MPs , backed by big pharma, are trying to kill this bill. Sign the petition and call on Parliament to support medicine for all: In five days, Parliament will decide if Canada joins the fight for affordable medicine. A bill is up for final vote that could provide life saving drugs for people suffering from AIDS, malaria, TB and other treatable illnesses. But some MPs, bowing … [Read more...]
care2-petitionsite – actionALERT
February 24, 2011 by
2.3 million children under the age of 15 are infected with HIV, and Canada can get them the medication they need. Urge Parliament to make life-saving drugs more available to the developing world. » In 2004, Parliament created "Canada's Access to Medicines Regime" (CAMR) with the goal of getting affordable medicine to people in the developing world, but the initiative was seriously flawed. Bill C-393 would fix it by making it easier to export life-saving AIDS drugs to developing countries. A … [Read more...]
