Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 18, 1987, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free november 1987 1 f senators seek Parley Over drug Bill impasse Ottawa up Liberal senators called yesterday for a free Confer ence with the commons before Mak ing a final decision on the conserva Tive governments controversial drug Patent party spokesman senator Ian sin Clair said the Liberal majority in the Senate and the conservative majority in the commons were at an impasse on the Bill and a free Confer ence is needed to try to resolve the consumer affairs minister Harvie Andre refused to say whether the government would accept the pro but he questioned the value of a i dont understand what is being asked he told i dont understand whats free conferences Are formal negotiating sessions Between representatives of the two houses of Parlia but they have been rarely the last one was held in when two criminal code Amend ments proposed by the Senate were rejected by the the stand taken by the liberals in the Senate is the most direct threat to the drug Patent Bill to both houses of parliament have to pass identical Bills before it becomes and Sinclair proposed that there be no vote in the Senate unless there is a free liberals in the Senate have been feuding for months with conserva Tives in the commons about the drug the Senate had proposed two packages of amendments to the but All amendments of substance were rejected by the Liberal Leader John Turner said in August that the unelected Senate had an obligation to yield to the elected commons at the end of the Lowell conservative Leader in the said he believed the end of the Day had finally arrived for the drug Bill and he proposed a motion to have the Senate stand Sinclair took Issue with Murray and said the end of the Day Doest come before a free conference is Andre said he has been proceeding under the Assumption that Turner was laying Down party told of Sinclair statement in the Senate moments the minis ter replied who knows what to believe at this Point in time i guess Well have to see what liberals in the Senate have taken different positions in caucus on the drug and there has also been friction Between Liberal senators and Liberal Allan Liberal Leader in the conceded that there Lioe Rai Lei Amer Jonn Lurner Soiu demand for guarantees poll shows Ottawa up most people believe the Senate should defeat the conservatives drug Patent Bill unless it contains specific guarantees about research and says a poll by generic drug the poll shows 81 per cent of those asked believe the Senate should kill the Bill without those Only 18 per cent said the Senate should yield and pass the governments version of the Bill despite the Lack of the other one per cent had no the poll was commissioned by the Canadian drug manufacturers which represents generic drug companies that would be Hurt by the six Hundred people were polled across Canada last weekend by Elliott research of the results Are said to be accurate within four percentage Points 19 times out of the poll was made Public by the association yester just hours after Liberal senators decided to seek a free conference Between the two houses of parliament to Iron out their differences on the association chairman Jack Kay of Toronto said the results show Strong support for the stand of the Sena Quebec has shown the strongest provincial support for the Bill because it would get the Lions share of research and but the poll showed 76 per cent of Quebe cers believe the Senate should defeat the saiebo00 depend on pulse Reg Monitor style 20 to with full function cordless Remote High Power picture tube with no Glare digital led 139channel Cable ready converter and convenient 4520414 save Reg As sturdy stand save 10 100 Reg Ideal stand for your Var and video cassettes Golden Oak finish with durable protective Middle shelf is accommodates 20 to 26 great space Saver makes an attractive addition to any 21 x x 4506732 savelo00 Philips to converter Colour voice 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