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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.64,0:00:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[HIGH ENERGY DANCE MUSIC...]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.90,0:00:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good afternoon. LaLi Mohamed here from Deviant Productions
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.68,0:00:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we join you today in one of the busiest intersections in Toronto,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.26,0:00:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dundas Square.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.94,0:00:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[HIGH ENERGY DANCE MUSIC...]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.76,0:00:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Community members and a coalition of students gathered today to protest Canada's ongoing failure
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.56,0:00:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to increase accessibility to HIV medicine.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.31,0:00:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A "die in" is taking place
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.46,0:00:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where members hope to shed light
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.19,0:00:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only on the many lives lost because of lack of accessibility to this medicine,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.84,0:01:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also to push for motion bill 393 to pass.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.26,0:01:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh, about two years ago, a bill called Bill c393 was passed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.52,0:01:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a private members bill in parliament,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.01,0:01:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we really want to ensure that it survives,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.89,0:01:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it is amended, and that it includes a one license solution.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.02,0:01:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you may know that the key part of this bill
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.13,0:01:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to make it easier to get low cost generic drugs to developing countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.84,0:01:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that key part was actually taken out by a parliamentary committee a couple of weeks ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.99,0:01:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need to now keep pressure on our MPs to get it put back in the bill
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.48,0:01:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then get the bill passed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.18,0:01:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're all going to rush to the centre and we're gonna drop down.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.80,0:01:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're gonna stay in that position until we get the signal to get back up,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.80,0:01:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we move back to our corners and then we'll repeat this again when the next scramble is on.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.59,0:01:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[HIGH ENERGY DANCE MUSIC...]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.15,0:02:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CHANTING: WHAT DO WE WANT? ACCESS! WHEN DO WE WANT IT? NOW!...]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.35,0:02:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're now with Richard Elliot, the Executive Director of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.15,0:02:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, Richard, what are we doing here tonight?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.64,0:02:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been "dying in" in the middle of this intersection
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.70,0:03:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to call attention to the fact that parliament needs to take action on a bill that's in front of it
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.20,0:03:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will help get access to more affordable drugs for people with AIDS
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.92,0:03:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other health problems in developing countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.96,0:03:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There seemed to be a lot of Canadian support in passing the bill,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.98,0:03:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why do you think there is resistance from the government?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.74,0:03:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Tim McCaskell, AIDS Action Now! member]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.33,0:03:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the government, uh, is in the pocket of the brand name pharmaceutical industry
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.19,0:03:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that doesn't want this passed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.48,0:03:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it gives them more leverage to sell their higher proced drugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.70,0:03:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Jolene Cushman, Die-in organizer]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.15,0:03:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's been a lot of resistance about companies being able to reduce
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.55,0:03:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make more money, um,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.93,0:03:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there have been arguments about there not being enough infrastructure,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.49,0:03:35.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or, that there, they think there's other systemic factors that are gonna get in the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.17,0:03:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But honestly?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.81,0:03:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being able to produce and export these drugs will make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.04,0:03:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the Canadian consciousness right now on the bill?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.41,0:03:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, do people want to support it?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.96,0:03:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or do they want to deny it?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.87,0:03:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, about a year ago actually, there was a national poll done
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.81,0:03:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a number of organizations that work on global health and development issues,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.92,0:03:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they found that 80% of Canadians support parliament taking action.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.94,0:04:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does this mean, uh, for the lives of people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.44,0:04:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, uh, it's proven that anti retrovirals make a huge difference, um,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.75,0:04:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a huge incidence of childhood infection of HIV and AIDS,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.52,0:04:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 50% of those children will die by the age of 2,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.80,0:04:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but anti-retroviral medications can save lives of 75% of those children.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.98,0:04:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From today until, um, this week or next week when the bill is passed,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.55,0:04:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what can, sort of, Torontonians and Canadians do?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.07,0:04:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you should be phoning your, uh, federal members of parliament,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.58,0:04:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling them you back this bill,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.09,0:04:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and telling them to, uh, do everything they can
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.82,0:04:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make sure that the, uh, bill is amended the way that it needs to be done
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.85,0:04:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make it effective, and that it gets passed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.03,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[HIGH ENERGY DANCE MUSIC...]