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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DECEMBER 3, 2009

NDP BILL TO SEND GENERIC DRUGS OVERSEAS PASSES VOTE

OTTAWA – New Democrat Health Critic Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg-North) joined health, humanitarian and patient activists in celebrating second-reading passage of her Private Members’ Bill, C-393, designed to unblock the flow of cheaper, generic drugs to developing countries. The 143 to 127 vote keeps the bill alive and sends it to a Commons Committee for more detailed study.

40th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION
UNEDITED HANSARD • NUMBER 119
OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD)
Friday, November 27, 2009

Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg North, NDP): Mr. Speaker...Canada's Access to Medicine Regime was an innovative, pioneering move five years ago and it still is today, but it is not working and it needs to be overhauled. It needs to be fixed. We need to keep our commitment to the world to ensure drugs get to people who need them in developing nations.

40th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION
UNEDITED HANSARD • NUMBER 106
OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD)
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg North, NDP): Mr. Speaker, today the Auditor General reported that the federal emergency management committee, which is supposed to co-ordinate the response to the H1N1 virus pandemic, did not bother to meet during half of the six most recent emergencies. She warned of conflicting messages, gaps in the system and failed communication and co-ordination efforts.

40th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION
EDITED HANSARD • NUMBER 106
OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD)
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Statements by Members

Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg North, NDP): Mr. Speaker, this year marks the 25th anniversary of the Canada Health Act, the foundation of our universal public health care system.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

APOTEX PRESIDENT JOINS WASYLYCIA-LEIS TO UNDERLINE NEED FOR URGENT REFORMS TO GENERIC DRUG LAWS

OTTAWA – Tomorrow, New Democrat Health Critic Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg-North) will be joined by Apotex President Jack Kay at a press conference to expose the abysmal failure of Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime to make life-saving drugs available in developing countries.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

WASYLYCIA-LEIS CALLS FOR END TO GENETIC DISCRIMINATION

OTTAWA – Insurance companies must not be allowed to use genetic tests or family medical histories to deny coverage to Canadians, says New Democrat Health Critic Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg-North).

Ms. Wasylycia-Leis introduced a motion in Parliament today that calls for protection for Canadians from “genetic discrimination” on the part of insurance companies.

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Dear Colleagues,

Manitoba MP, Senator join forces over generic drug legislation

WINNIPEG - Two of Manitoba’s most prominent politicians — a Liberal senator and an NDP MP — are joining forces to try to get Parliament to pass legislation allowing Canada to send cheap generic drugs to the world’s most impoverished nations.

The NDP’s Judy Wasylycia-Leis and Liberal Senator Sharon Carstairs each has a bill before their respective houses to fix what they call Canada’s dysfunctional access to medicines laws.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OCTOBER 1, 2009

CARSTAIRS AND WASYLYCIA-LEIS UPDATE PROGRESS ON BILLS TO GET LIFE-SAVING DRUGS MOVING TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

OTTAWA – Tomorrow New Democrat health critic Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg North) and Liberal Senator Sharon Carstairs (Manitoba) will be holding a joint press conference on getting medicines to the world’s poorest countries.