With the Act, our nation's healthcare policy aims to protect, promote and restore the physical and mental well - being of residents of Canada and to facilitate
reasonable access to health services without financial or other barriers.
Based on our Bill Rights which provides that «the state must take
reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources,
to achieve the progressive realisation of the right
to have
access to health care
services», our Department of Trade and Industry has developed a draft IP Policy which intends
to initiate the amendment of several IP laws, amongst which is our Patents Act.