Provinces Express Concern Over Impact of CETA IP Provisions
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Provinces with common sense? There may be hope for Canada yet…
Is everyone missing the point here?
What is actually happening is that the provinces demand compensation from the Federal government for the in-fact patent term extension.
But where does that come from? Does it really matter that it comes out of your Federal income tax rather than your provincial income tax?
Point is that Canadian society as a whole will pay more, way more.