Dear Prime Minister: 'The time to show leadership on global vaccination efforts is now' - Macleans.ca

A container with boxes of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 is delivered at the Sarajevo Airport, Bosnia, on May 4, 2021 As researchers, epidemiologists, physicians and advocates from the South Asian diaspora who call Canada home, we are watching the second wave of the pandemic that has struck South Asia in absolute shock and horror.

Hundreds of civil society groups, the World Health Organization , and the elected governments of over 100 countries, including India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have come together and stated that current intellectual property protections reduce the availability of vaccines for protecting their people. On May 5, 2021 the United States also announced its intention to support a temporary waiver for vaccines at the WTO.

The G7 is meeting next month, and the WTO is meeting over the coming weeks. Canada has an important voice at these tables and this is a valuable opportunity for our government to reflect the core Canadian values of partnership, human rights, equity and solidarity with the most marginalized during this unprecedented—yet preventable—crisis. For once, the global public interest is in lock step with national interests.

Leverage our diplomatic relations to lead global partnerships in supporting the TRIPS waiver and lifting any bans globally on the export of materials necessary to vaccine production.

Why all the fuss? Canada can't even make vaccine for its own citizens! The previous PM saw fit to sell the last of our manufacturing plant. Go figure!!

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