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To: Salt'n'Peppa who wrote (8708)	2/9/2002 3:08:05 PM
From: axial	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14101

Hi, S+P, I think the question is: what is the source of the obstruction? Anyone who knows how the "system" works in Canada, and is aware of the deep penetration of the Liberal political machine by well-paid interests, can safely disregard the fiction that HC is run "at arm's length". Let me re-phrase the matter. Put it like this: Assume that you have a drug of known safety and efficacy. There are no known reasons why it should not be released to the public, after proper evaluation. There has been more (far more) than enough time to validate the obvious - yet still the drug remains stalled. Who wins? It's not the people of Canada, it's not the bureaucracy at HC, it's certainly not the notion of effective government. There's only one interest that wins. The commercial interest of the drug's competitors. There are good places to put "the fix" in, and not-so-good places. Putting it in at HC is messy and expensive: too many people, too much knowledge, and heaven forbid, you might run into a whistle-blower. Aaah, but a million or so in political contributions. A discrete "word" over drinks at a fund-raiser. And somehow, ministerial overview becomes extremely cautious on "that" drug. The minions at HC get the message... they see the possibility of their pensions evaporating, their fat paycheques disappearing, and they all get amnesia, compounded with sudden fits of caution, incompetence, and fearful spasms of super-intensive doubt about the drug in question. That's where to put the fix, and that's who wins. And ministers are sooo busy, y'know. Can't be expected to follow everything. How many years in approval? Ya don't say! Inferior products have been quickly approved? Sorry, HC is at arm's length, I'm not at liberty to discuss that. Why, I wouldn't dream of interfering.... The backslapping and handshaking at the next fundraiser is just heartwarming. Jim