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Amid ongoing questions about why the policy that prohibits sexually active gay men as well as some other folks in the LGBTQ2S+ community from donating blood has been slow to evolve, new documents state that Health Canada has ordered two-year intervals between when the donor screening criteria could be updated.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said during Pride month last June that he hoped to very soon announce the elimination of the blood donation ban for gay men as well as some other folks in the LGBTQ2S+ community. A year later, the policy remains unchanged. Here s where things stand.
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Gay activist upset at Ottawa s attempt to block challenge of blood-donation ban
by Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press
Posted May 18, 2021 2:43 pm EDT
Last Updated May 18, 2021 at 2:54 pm EDT
OTTAWA A man who is challenging Canada’s policy that prohibits sexually active gay men from donating blood wants to know why the Trudeau government is trying to block his case, despite a 2015 Liberal pledge to end the ban.
Christopher Karas brought a human-rights complaint against Health Canada in 2016 and three years later the Canadian Human Rights Commission decided to refer the matter to a tribunal for a more substantial probe.
But the federal government has launched a judicial review to stop the complaint from going further, arguing that it is about a policy not set by Health Canada, but rather by the Canadian Blood Services an arm’s-length agency.