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Table 5 Proportion of debates coded by theme by political party (MPs) 1,2

From: The politics behind the implementation of the WTO Paragraph 6 Decision in Canada to increase global drug access

 

2004

2007

 

Liberals

Conservatives

Bloc Quebecois

NDP

Liberals

Conservatives

Bloc Quebecois

NDP

Independent

 

(n = 25593)

(n = 7864)

(n = 5467)

(n = 8159)

(n = 5474)

(n = 4935)

(n = 2013)

(n = 3168)

(n = 1352)

Equity

         

Aid

3%

8%

6%

6%

33%

11%

22%

2%

9%

List of Countries

18%

14%

10%

11%

1%

2%

0%

3%

0%

List of Medicines

12%

14%

8%

16%

0%

7%

19%

4%

0%

Equal Opportunity to supply

2%

0%

6%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Security

         

Drug Affordability

6%

1%

0%

7%

11%

2%

10%

6%

0%

Development

2%

5%

4%

4%

6%

9%

24%

7%

24%

Domestic Economy

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

1%

0%

0%

0%

Human Rights

1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Innovation

2%

3%

0%

0%

0%

2%

0%

0%

4%

Quality and Safety

1%

1%

0%

2%

0%

2%

0%

0%

0%

Liberty

         

Intellectual Property

36%

22%

20%

25%

17%

29%

20%

11%

7%

Developing Country Pressure

0%

0%

0%

0%

2%

0%

0%

4%

0%

Right of Refusal

10%

9%

2%

8%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

WTO or TRIPS

15%

5%

8%

10%

11%

2%

6%

4%

20%

Efficiency

         

Diversion

7%

5%

14%

1%

1%

0%

10%

0%

14%

Litigation

1%

4%

7%

2%

1%

3%

0%

0%

0%

Market Competition

4%

0%

0%

0%

3%

5%

0%

0%

0%

Procurement

1%

3%

1%

4%

8%

0%

5%

0%

3%

Profit and ROI

7%

0%

0%

3%

5%

6%

2%

4%

0%

Eligible Importers

3%

4%

11%

3%

0%

1%

0%

0%

0%

CAMR Outcomes and Uptake

0%

0%

0%

0%

21%

16%

33%

49%

41%

  1. 1 n = total number of words per testimony of stakeholder group. Unit of analysis = stakeholder-testimony.
  2. 2 Percentages represent proportion of text where specified themes were found. Paragraphs often made reference to more than one concept; therefore paragraphs were often coded for multiple themes.