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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Michael Watkins who wrote (8407)10/23/2001 3:23:13 PM
From: john  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 27734
 
"Mr. Speaker! The opposition poses a very good question. We should not be contravening patent laws unless our own procedures to declare a state of emergency have been followed first. We are not declaring a state of emergency. My department has made a mistake in going forward with this arrangement as it clearly contravenes Canadian patent laws and governmental procedure. I will find out how the mistake came about and report back in 60 minutes

But that assumes one has common sense. A politician beats to a different drum.