Canada continues to delay decision on COVID vaccines IP waiver

Global Affairs has yet to finalize its position on the waiver six months after it was first introduced by South Africa and India.

Numerous global health and human rights advocates have called on International Trade Minister Mary Ng to support the WTO TRIPS waiver being forwarded by South Africa and India. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

April 21, 2021

The Canadian government maintains it hasn't made up its mind on a waiver that potentially could allow increased vaccine production around the world, a delay some say is equivalent to opposing the initiative. The waiver was brought forward to the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Council for Trade-Re...

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