Canada desperately needs a public insulin manufacturer again
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Canada desperately needs a public insulin manufacturer again - CCPA
Insulin was discovered by four Canadians, who famously sold the patent for $1 each to the University of Toronto—enabling the public manufacture of the new miracle drug for people with diabetes. That was in 1921, and for 65 years insulin was produced in Canada at a publicly owned laboratory—Connaught Laboratories—and distributed across the country at…
CCPA - (www.policyalternatives.ca)
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Canada desperately needs a public insulin manufacturer again - CCPA
Insulin was discovered by four Canadians, who famously sold the patent for $1 each to the University of Toronto—enabling the public manufacture of the new miracle drug for people with diabetes. That was in 1921, and for 65 years insulin was produced in Canada at a publicly owned laboratory—Connaught Laboratories—and distributed across the country at…
CCPA - (www.policyalternatives.ca)
How do we accomplish this?
Specifically if the conservatives get in and can just sell it off for a short-term payout, how can we make a long-term plan for this?
I ask not to sound smug and cynical, but to earnestly seek ideas on this.
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How do we accomplish this?
Specifically if the conservatives get in and can just sell it off for a short-term payout, how can we make a long-term plan for this?
I ask not to sound smug and cynical, but to earnestly seek ideas on this.
The only way is to make sure conservatives never form government again.
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The only way is to make sure conservatives never form government again.
That doesn’t seem like an entirely sustainable plan?
I’m trying to separate what I want (which is what you addressed) with something practical that would allow Canada to invest in longer-term projects like this one.
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That doesn’t seem like an entirely sustainable plan?
I’m trying to separate what I want (which is what you addressed) with something practical that would allow Canada to invest in longer-term projects like this one.
A society where we choose to kneecap ourselves every few years because we allow people to raise ignorant bigots seems less sustainable than one where we outlaw right wing ideologies.
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A society where we choose to kneecap ourselves every few years because we allow people to raise ignorant bigots seems less sustainable than one where we outlaw right wing ideologies.
You do realize that 40% of the country just voted for the right-wing? That many provinces are governed by right-wingers.
How would you ban this, short of an authoritarian state?
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You do realize that 40% of the country just voted for the right-wing? That many provinces are governed by right-wingers.
How would you ban this, short of an authoritarian state?
40% of the country voted out the incumbent.
The same thing that happens whenever people don't like their personal finances.
I also think it's a shame that there was no leftist party available for people to turn to when they want to break the status quo
