The filed record
Maximizing COVID-19 Vaccine Doses for Torontonians through Compulsory Licensing - by Councillor Anthony Perruzza, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle
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The decision
2021-02-02 · Toronto City Council · deferred
As filed
City Council on February 2, 3 and 5, 2021, deferred consideration of Motion MM28.38 to the Special City Council meeting on March 10, 2021.
The vote
Introduce Motion without Notice · Carried, 18-5
The whole record, all 26 members
- Ana BailãoAbsent
- Anthony PerruzzaFor
- Brad BradfordFor
- Cynthia LaiFor
- Denzil Minnan-WongAgainst
- Frances NunziataFor
- Gary CrawfordFor
- Gord PerksAgainst
- James PasternakFor
- Jaye RobinsonFor
- Jennifer McKelvieFor
- Joe CressyAbsent
- John FilionFor
- John ToryFor
- Josh MatlowAgainst
- Kristyn Wong-TamFor
- Mark GrimesAbsent
- Michael FordFor
- Michael ThompsonFor
- Mike ColleFor
- Mike LaytonAgainst
- Nick MantasFor
- Paul AinslieFor
- Paula FletcherFor
- Shelley CarrollAgainst
- Stephen HolydayFor
Every name opens that member’s record.
On the agenda
As the city filed it
Yesterday Thomas Walkom, in the Toronto Star, describes how the Federal Government can use its powers to increase domestic production of the COVID-19 vaccine. Recent announcements of delays in deliveries of vaccines to Canada from Pfizer and Moderna threaten the pandemic recovery and the health of all Canadians. The Federal Government must take every action available so that Canadians can receive COVID-19 vaccines in the greatest possible numbers as quickly as possible.
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However, the Federal Government has delayed in encouraging domestic manufacturing of the vaccine and has not imposed Compulsory Licencing, a law that would authorize cheaper generic copies of the COVID-19 vaccine to be manufactured without the need to negotiate with patent holders.
Staff recommended
Councillor Anthony Perruzza, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Government of Canada to invoke their Compulsory Licensing law(s) that would allow "Ottawa to authorize generic copies of the COVID-19 vaccines" in an effort to increase national production. 2. City Council request the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to contact local generic drug producers and encourage them to request the Government of Canada to increase national production of COVID-19 vaccines.
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3. City Council circulate this Motion to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
On the record
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