75. The representative of Canada associated his delegation with Australia's intervention, in particular with respect to a preference for the Chairperson's first option. He thought that it would be premature at this point in time to come out with a checklist. The interventions and papers by various delegations had raised a number of issues in relation to which Canada would like to contribute. Therefore, Canada believed that it would be useful for an open-ended discussion under this review to continue. As Australia had pointed out, Canada had, in fact, heard from a fairly small number of delegations about the issues that had been mentioned, Given that many Members were in the process of implementing their TRIPS obligations, Canada would continue to examine this issue in the context of implementation by those Members. Canada believed that open discussions at further meetings in the course of the year would be beneficial.
