Bill C-393

• Tony Clement urges senators to block humanitarian aid bill

  Friday’s non-confidence vote to bring down the Conservative government will also be the death of a humanitarian bill sitting in the Senate. Bill C-393 must be passed before the government falls or it will die on Order Paper.

  Canada

  Mar 25, 2011
  
• Leaked memo from Tony Clement to Conservative senators

  Leaked memo from Tony Clement to Conservative senators

  Canada

  Mar 25, 2011
  
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• Tony Clement urges senators to block humanitarian aid bill

  Friday’s non-confidence vote to bring down the Conservative government will also be the death of a humanitarian bill sitting in the Senate.

  Canada

  Mar 25, 2011
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• Federal election may kill access to medicines bill

  Bill C-393, a humanitarian bill aimed at sending inexpensive medicine to the Third World, is at risk of being killed in Canada's Senate. NGOs and politicians alike are urging the Senate to pass the bill quickly before a federal election takes place.

  Canada

  Mar 23, 2011
• Access to medicines bill stalling in Senate

  The marathon effort to reform Canada's Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR) could hit another hurdle Tuesday, as the Conservative majority in the Senate appears poised to delay voting on Bill C-393, meaning it could die if an election is called.

  Canada

  Mar 23, 2011
• Federal election may kill access to medicines bill

  A number of Canadian social groups and humanitarian organizations are urging the Senate to act quickly on a bill aimed at sending inexpensive medicine to the Third World.

  Canada

  Mar 23, 2011
• Bill to speed flow of medication to developing nations passes Commons

  The House of Commons passed Bill C-393 Wednesday, a bill which its supporters say will help get inexpensive and badly needed medication to underdeveloped countries.

  Canada

  Mar 10, 2011
• K’naan backs NDP’s drugs-for-Africa bill ahead of C-393 vote

  The NDP brought in big-name rapper K'naan and his political equivalent - former UN ambassador Stephen Lewis - Wednesday to help win support for a bill to make low-cost drugs available in Africa.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2011
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• Humanitarian aid bill will go to vote in House of Commons

  A private members’ bill that intends to make it easier for developing countries to acquire life-saving drugs made it over a key procedural hurdle this week.

  Canada

  Feb 3, 2011