115. Canada's position on agenda items 4, 5, and 6 is well-known. On the TRIPS Agreement and the CBD, Canada continues to believe that these agreements are complementary, and that there is no need to amend the TRIPS Agreement in this regard.
116. On the protection of traditional knowledge and folklore, Canada remains of the view that the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) remains the most appropriate venue for these discussions, bringing together necessary technical expertise for concrete discussions and exchanges of national experiences that remain key to considering the issues at hand. Canada looks forward to the resumption of substantive IGC discussions in due course.
117. With respect to procedural matters at the TRIPS Council, as previously noted and without prejudice to our position on substantive matters, Canada could support a procedural briefing from the CBD Secretariat to the TRIPS Council, as well as the compilation of the three factual notes by the WTO Secretariat. As previously noted, Canada remains of the view that this would remain an information collating exercise.