Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2004-03-09 14:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Brian Masse (Windsor West, NDP)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, this morning the Prime Minister urged the House to pass <a href=\"/bills/859/\" class=\"related_link legislation\" title=\"An Act to amend the Patent Act and the Food and Drugs Act (The Jean Chr\u00e9tien Pledge to Africa)\">Bill C-9</a> to get generic drugs to developing countries.</p>\n<p>Why then does he urge the House to pass a bill that would prevent at least 18 UN member states from accessing those drugs? Why is the government preventing countries like Vietnam, Algeria, Iran and Iraq from dealing with the health emergencies in their countries, such as HIV-AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria?</p>\n<p>Will the Prime Minister commit to changing the bill and help all developing countries of the world access cheaper drugs and generic medications? What does he have against those UN member nation states?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2004/3/9/brian-masse-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/brian-masse/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3653/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Foreign Affairs",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2004/3/9/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2004%2F3%2F9%2F"
    }
}