When it comes to food, energy and medicine, Canada needs to be more self-reliant

Governments across Canada should heed calls from the generic pharmaceutical sector to help strengthen our domestic manufacturing capabilities and the international supply chain. Waiting several months for a new car is inconvenient. But waiting months for your heart medication? That could be deadly.

For the past number of years, generic medicine suppliers—those that produce the vast majority of Canadians’ daily prescriptions—have been warning that our domestic production is heavily reliant on active pharmaceutical ingredients produced in India and China.Image courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY JIM KEON

July 18, 2022

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