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Libby urges the Conservative government to improve drug safety – Libby Davies

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Posted on 2011.11.22

Libby urges the Conservative government to improve drug safety

You can also view this question at: http://www.youtube.com/user/LibbyDaviesMP#p/a/u/2/DJXpkjkIfFU

HANSARD
House of Commons
November 22, 2011

Ms. Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP):
Mr. Speaker, today the Auditor General revealed that Health Canada can take more than two years to evaluate safety issues associated with the use of prescription drugs. The report also highlights that Health Canada is falling short on conflict of interest rules.

This is completely unacceptable when so many new drugs are available and Canadians need adequate, timely and transparent information.

Drug safety is important to all Canadians. Exactly how does the government and the minister plan to reduce the delays that are happening?

We have not heard anything specific from the minister today. I ask her to tell the House how she plans to reduce these delays.

Hon. Leona Aglukkaq (Minister of Health, CPC):
Mr. Speaker, as I stated earlier, my department is implementing the advice of the Auditor General. The Auditor General was very clear in his statements today that there were no cases of conflict of interest; however, we do agree that additional conflict of interest rules should apply to those who review drugs.

Where Vancouver leads in LGBT progress: Local politicians make history in Canada – Libby Davies

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Where Vancouver leads in LGBT progress: Local politicians make history in Canada

It’s well known that the first openly gay Canadian MP was the NDP’s Svend Robinson. The long-time Burnaby-Douglas parliamentarian was first elected in 1979 and came out in 1988. The first female LGBT MP was the NDP’s Libby Davies, who represented Vancouver East from 1997 to 2015. She came out in 2001 and remains a close friend of Robinson’s.

The original article, Where Vancouver leads in LGBT progress: Local politicians make history in Canada was published on July 26, 2017 in The Georgia Straight. Author(s): Charlie Smith

Activist looks back 40 years to Toronto’s bathhouse raids — the flashpoint moment in fight for LGBTQ rights in Canada – Libby Davies

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Activist looks back 40 years to Toronto’s bathhouse raids — the flashpoint moment in fight for LGBTQ rights in Canada

ou probably don’t know his name, but for decades Bob Gallagher has worked tirelessly as an activist and organizer behind the scenes in the fight for LGBTQ rights in Toronto and Canada. Libby Davies, Canada’s first out lesbian MP, was a member of Parliament for 18 years, many of them working with Gallagher, who was chief of staff to Jack Layton. Davies pays tribute to a man she calls a friend and colleague, talking to Gallagher recently about the moment 40 years ago when everything changed for Toronto’s LGBTQ community and his years of “getting things done.”

The original article, Activist looks back 40 years to Toronto’s bathhouse raids — the flashpoint moment in fight for LGBTQ rights in Canada was published on February 5, 2021 in The Toronto Star. Author(s): Libby Davies
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