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To:	The Right Honourable Stephen Harper (pm@pm.gc.ca)
Subject:	Canadians can’t afford to pay higher drug costs

cc:	Hon. Leona Aglukkaq, Federal Health Minister Thomas Mulcair, Leader of the Official Opposition Bob Rae, Leader of the Liberal Party Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party

Dear Prime Minister:

I am writing you to express my strong opposition to any concessions in the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations on drug patents or any other measures that would delay access to affordable medicine for Canadians.
 
The higher prices in Canada for new brand name drugs are already costing us at least an additional $2 billion a year.  The provisions in the CETA on patent extension would cost at least another $1 billion annually.  Why reward bad behavior and broken promises?

We need to take drug patents out of secret trade negotiations and develop a new patent regime that actually delivers benefits to Canadians.
 
Access to essential medicine and access to generics are key elements in a sustainable public health care system.

Mr. Prime Minister, Canada also needs to negotiate a carve-out for health care that says “nothing in the CETA shall be construed to apply to measures adopted or maintained by a party in relation to the health sector or public health insurance”.

Canadians don’t want their health care traded away.

Sincerely,

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